New Urban Agenda in Zimbabwe: Built Environment Sciences and Practices

Dr. Charles Chavunduka is Senior Lecturer and Dean in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a Ph.D. in Development Planning (University of Wisconsin-Madison), M.Sc. Regional and Urban Planning, and B.A. Honors Geography (University of Zimbabwe). He is External Examiner at the Department of Regional and Urban Planning, Great Zimbabwe University (GZU). He has served as Chief Planning Officer in the Government of Zimbabwe and on several international projects in eastern and southern Africa, dealing with land governance and land use planning. He is Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and the Zimbabwe Institute for Urban and Regional Planners (ZIRUP). He is Editor-in Chief of the Journal of Urban Systems and Innovations for Resilience in Zimbabwe (JUSIRIZ) and Participating Member of the Southern Africa Node under the Network of Excellence for Land Governance in Africa (NELGA). His research interests include sustainable urban and rural development, land policy and management, and land readjustment.

Dr. Innocent Chirisa is Acting Vice Chancellor of Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU) and is Full Professor in Environmental Planning and Management and Urban and Regional Planning. He has a keen interest in urban and peri-urban dynamics with a focus on environmental systems dynamics with respect to land use, ecology, water, and energy. Holds a D.Phil. in Social Sciences (University of Zimbabwe). Prof Chirisa is also currently Research Fellow at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, South Africa. He has also served as Visiting Professor at the Chinhoyi University of Technology (Zimbabwe).