New Urban Agenda in Zimbabwe

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).

• The Built Environment in the Context of the New Urban Agenda: An Overview.- The Built Environment as a Value Chain Process.-The Biophysical Environment: Key Ingredient in Shaping the Built Environment.- Geoinformatics and Land Surveying Steering the New Urban Agenda in Zimbabwe.- Spatial Planning Steering the New Urban Agenda in Zimbabwe.- Construction and Civil Engineering Steering the New Urban Agenda in Zimbabwe.- The Role of architecture in implementing the New Urban Agenda.- Sustainable Urban Mobility and the New Urban Agenda in Zimbabwe.- Quantity Surveying Steering the New Urban Agenda in Zimbabwe.- A review of the contribution of the real estate sector towards the attainment of the New Urban Agenda in Zimbabwe.- Institutions, Laws and Governance Structures for Developing and Managing the Built Environment: Elephant in the Room for Advancing the New Urban Agenda.- Climate Resilience and the New Urban Agenda in Zimbabwe: The Role of the Built Environment Disciplines and Practice .- The New Urban Agenda in Zimbabwe: Policy and the Future .