Department of Rural and Urban Planning

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Joel Chaeruka (Chairman) BA, MSc, MPhil (UZ), MZIRUP, MRTPI, Cert, Urban Policy and
Management (UCL), Cert. Local and Regional Development (UNCRD)

Research Interest: Planning Law and Policy; Housing Policy; Regional Planning; Urban Design

 

Coenraad Brand (Senior Lecturer) BA, BA (Hons), MA (Stellenbosch)

Research interest: Rural and Urban Planning.

 

Charles Konyango (Senior Lecturer) BSc Architecture, (University of Nairobi), MSc Architecture (Helsinki)

Research area: The Lodger Factor” in planning and design for low income housing. The ‘Six Pack House’: Research in alternative and sustainable solutions for low income housing construction.

 

Innocent Chirisa BScRUP, MScRUP (UZ), Post-Grad Diploma, Land Management and Informal Settlements, Regularisation (IHS, the Netherlands)

Research interest: Urbanisation (Ruralisation of Urban Space); Urban and Regional Economics; Peri-urbanisation and Land Markets; Urban informality; Governance, Institutionalism and Policy; Stewardship of Space; Rural-Urban Linkages; Housing and Shelter Development

 

Samson Murowe BSc (Hons Economics), Post Grad DPPM, MScRUP (UZ).

Research interest: Development and Project Planning

 

Francis Muromo Bed (UZ), Post Grad DPPM, MScRUP (UZ), Cert in Education (UZ),

Research interest: Development Planning – Project Management

 

Nelson Chanza BSc (Hons Biological Sciences), MSc EPP (UZ)

Research interest: Environmental Policy and Planning

 

John Bowora BEd (UZ), Med (ZOU), Post Grad DPPM, MSc RUP (UZ), Cert. In Education.

Research Areas of Interest: Water management strategies; Natural resource management and Livelihood related issues in Africa

 

Nyasha Mutsindikwa BScRUP, MScRUP (UZ)

Research interest: Planning Theory and Housing.