Urban dynamics in Maputo, Mozambique.

Highlights: [•] Maputo city displays a dualist structure. [•] The dualist structure is characterized by a rich city and a belt of poor city. [•] The dualist structure is resilient. [•] There is also architectural resilience in Maputo. [•] City housing policy that is reliant on the private market and without any anti poverty policy explains the persistence of the dualistic structure of the city. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]