Mining, welfare and urbanisation: the wavering urban character of Zambia's Copperbelt
Mining, welfare and urbanisation: the wavering urban character of Zambia's Copperbelt
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采矿、福利和城市化：赞比亚铜矿带摇摆不定的城市特征
DOI：
10.1080/02589001.2012.724873
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Patience Mususa
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作者：
Patience Mususa
摘要本文聚焦于这个曾经是中非城市化程度最高的国家的矿业城镇的生活和社会福利服务的特点。多年来，矿业公司提供的服务各不相同：从20世纪20年代矿业成立时的最低水平；到20世纪50年代至70年代末的繁荣时期；然后是世界铜价下滑后的缓慢下滑。从1990年代中期至今，矿山从福利供应中撤出，不仅从根本上改变了人们的福祉，而且还改变了城市地区的特征，导致人们观察到，城镇变得像“村庄”。
Abstract This article focuses on the character of life and social welfare services in the mining towns of what was once the most urbanised country in central Africa. The services provided by mining companies varied over the years: from minimal at the time of the industry's establishment in the 1920s; to a period of largesse between the 1950s and the late 1970s; and then a slow decline following the slide in world copper prices. The withdrawal of the mines from welfare provision from the mid-1990s to the present has radically altered not only people's well-being, but also the character of the urban areas, leading to the observation that towns have become like ‘villages’.