title: Changing patterns of population distribution in Zimbabwe.
abstract: "This paper critically evaluates the causes and consequences of changes in population distribution in Zimbabwe during the colonial period and since independence in 1980.  Five main aspects of population geography are examined.  Firstly...the history of tenure policies is outlined.  Secondly, the distribution of the African population as revealed in the 1982 census is described and major changes between the census years of 1962, 1969, and 1982 are discussed.  Thirdly, changing patterns of settlement and land use within the peasant farming areas (Communal Lands) are examined in the context of increasing population pressures.  Fourthly, trends in the...urbanisation of the African population are described.  Fifthly, post-independence development policies directed at effecting changes in the distribution of population are discussed with particular reference to the land resettlement programme."
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zinyama
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Whitlow
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000351:Africa, Eastern; D000383:Agriculture; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004777:Environment; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005843:Geography; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012939:Social Planning; D012942:Social Sciences; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization; D015030:Zimbabwe
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Agriculture; Carrying Capacity; Critique; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Development Planning; Eastern Africa; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; Environment; Geographic Factors; Geography; Historical Survey; Human Geography; Land Tenure; Macroeconomic Factors; Migration; Natural Resources; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Population Pressure; Settlement And Resettlement; Social Policy; Social Sciences; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution--changes; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization; Zimbabwe