Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ACRONYMS -- Definition of Terms -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING -- Background of the vendor-local authority conflict -- Marondera Town -- CHAPTER 2: Taking Lessons from other Related Cases. Dealing with the vendor-local authority conflict -- Harare Municipality, Zimbabwe -- Kumasi City, Ghana -- Iran -- The City of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- San Diego, USA -- Thailand, Cambodia, Mongolia and Nigeria -- Asia -- Vendor Statistics -- Khumasi, Ghana -- Vietnam -- Latin America -- India -- Kenya -- Kumasi, Ghana -- Arusha, Tanzania -- Bamako, Mali -- CHAPTER 3: THEORETICAL FRAME WORK UNDERPINNING THE VENDOR-LOCAL AUTHORITY CONFLICT -- The Community Relations Theory -- John Paul Lederech's Pyramid Model -- CHAPTER 4: THE CASE OF MARONDERA MUNICIPALITY -- CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS |