| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| LIST OF MAPS | 第13-14页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第14-15页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第15-16页 |
| ACRONYMS | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 1 General background of the thesis | 第17-39页 |
| ·Introduction | 第17页 |
| ·Overview of the study | 第17-27页 |
| ·Urbanisation trends and processes in cities of developing countries | 第20-24页 |
| ·Mzuzu City: A rapidly urbanising city | 第24-27页 |
| ·Problem statement | 第27-28页 |
| ·Objectives of the study | 第28页 |
| ·Position in the literature | 第28-30页 |
| ·Research questions | 第30-31页 |
| ·Importance of the study | 第31-32页 |
| ·Theoretical framework | 第32-35页 |
| ·Organisation of the thesis | 第35-37页 |
| ·Summary and conclusion | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter 2 Research design and methodology | 第39-45页 |
| ·Research design | 第39-41页 |
| ·Selection of the case study area | 第40-41页 |
| ·Population and sampling | 第41页 |
| ·Sampling criteria | 第41页 |
| ·Sample size | 第41页 |
| ·Data collection techniques | 第41-43页 |
| ·Secondary sources | 第43页 |
| ·Data analysis | 第43-44页 |
| ·Chapter summary and conclusion | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter 3 The growth of an informal city in the global South: A theoretical perspective | 第45-74页 |
| ·Introduction | 第45页 |
| ·The formal city and informal city in perspectives | 第45-49页 |
| ·Urban informality in cities of developing countries: paradoxes and realities | 第49-52页 |
| ·The language of "slums" : interrogating the definitions of slum, squatter and informal settlements | 第52-56页 |
| ·Rethinking the characteristics of informal settlements | 第56-59页 |
| ·Urban economy and household adaptation strategies | 第59-62页 |
| ·Urban informality and planning strategies | 第62-64页 |
| ·Discourses and theories of urban development | 第64-72页 |
| ·Informality and modernisation | 第64-66页 |
| ·Urban sustainability | 第66-69页 |
| ·The marginalisation discourses of informal settlements | 第69-72页 |
| ·Chapter Summary and conclusion | 第72-74页 |
| Chapter 4 Beyond rules and regulations: The spatial growth of informal Mzuzu City | 第74-98页 |
| ·Introduction | 第74页 |
| ·Socio-economic characteristics of informal settlements in Mzuzu City | 第74-83页 |
| ·District of origin | 第75-77页 |
| ·Age and sex composition | 第77-78页 |
| ·Marital status | 第78页 |
| ·Dependency ratio | 第78-79页 |
| ·Academic qualifications | 第79-80页 |
| ·Migration patterns and residential permanence | 第80-82页 |
| ·Rural-urban migration patterns | 第80-81页 |
| ·Urban-urban migration patterns | 第81-82页 |
| ·Economic status of households | 第82-83页 |
| ·Forces that lead to informal development in Mzuzu City | 第83-88页 |
| ·Sociospatial features | 第83-84页 |
| ·Housing policy | 第84-85页 |
| ·Formal housing market outcomes | 第85-86页 |
| ·The dysfunctional Town and Country Act of 1988 | 第86-87页 |
| ·Political clientelism | 第87-88页 |
| ·A topology of informal settlements in Mzuzu City | 第88-89页 |
| ·"Even a bad case has good parts." The merits of living in informal Mzuzu | 第89-91页 |
| ·Struggle for accessing basic services | 第91-92页 |
| ·Are informal settlements in Mzuzu city in a state of decline or regeneration? | 第92-96页 |
| ·Chapter summary and conclusion | 第96-98页 |
| Chapter 5 Negotiating for livelihoods in informal settlements | 第98-131页 |
| ·Introduction | 第98-99页 |
| ·Scarcity and innovation in informal settlements | 第99-102页 |
| ·Situating home based enterprises within the discourse of urban informality | 第102-104页 |
| ·Characteristics of home based enterprises in Mzuzu City | 第104-112页 |
| ·Gender relations as a contested and negotiated space in the organisation of HBEAS | 第112-114页 |
| ·Negotiation for space and time in home based income generating activities | 第114-117页 |
| ·Physical spaces within dwellings as contested and negotiated spaces for income | 第117-120页 |
| ·Creativity as a means of sustaining home based enterprise: What we ought to know | 第120-123页 |
| ·Home based income generating activities and livelihoods: Assessing the livelihoods outcomes of the urban poor beyond the income poverty index | 第123-128页 |
| ·Chapter summary and conclusion | 第128-131页 |
| Chapter 6 Negotiating for social space by the urban poor: Social networking and survival | 第131-166页 |
| ·Introduction | 第131-132页 |
| ·Defining social capital | 第132-134页 |
| ·A Landscape of social networking in Mzuzu City | 第134-148页 |
| ·Bonding social networks | 第135-142页 |
| ·Kinship or families | 第135-136页 |
| ·Neighbourhoods | 第136-137页 |
| ·Ethnic based groups | 第137-140页 |
| ·"Chiefdoms" in Mzuzu City | 第140-141页 |
| ·Gendered networks-revolving funds | 第141-142页 |
| ·Bridging social networks | 第142-145页 |
| ·Religious activities- churches as social networks | 第143-145页 |
| ·Linking social networks | 第145-148页 |
| ·Political parties | 第145-148页 |
| ·The nexus between home based income generating activities and social networks | 第148-150页 |
| ·Urban-rural interface and social capital | 第150-155页 |
| ·Gender and social networking | 第155-159页 |
| ·Urban poverty and social capital | 第159-164页 |
| ·Chapter summary and conclusion | 第164-166页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第166-183页 |
| ·Introduction | 第166-167页 |
| ·Growth and dynamism of informal settlements | 第167-169页 |
| ·Informal settlements as spaces of income generating activities | 第169-172页 |
| ·Informal security mechanisms as sources of informal livelihoods | 第172-174页 |
| ·Discourses of informality and marginalisation | 第174-175页 |
| ·Final comments | 第175-176页 |
| ·Contributions of the Study | 第176-181页 |
| ·Theoretical contributions | 第176-179页 |
| ·Methodological contributions | 第179页 |
| ·Practical contributions | 第179-181页 |
| ·Directions for future research | 第181-183页 |
| References | 第183-199页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第199-200页 |
| Appendices | 第200-207页 |
| Publications | 第207页 |
