Institute of Human Settlements Studies (IHSS), Ardhi University Tanzania, United Republic of
Ardhi University, Institute of Human Settlements Studies Email: kombewilbard18@gmail.com, kombewilbard@yahoo.com; Prof. Kombe is a Professor of Urban Land Management, he holds a PhD from the Technical University Dortmund (TUD), Germany. He has worked extensively in low-income settlements in several African cities. His main areas of research include: Urban poverty, informality and cities of the global South; urban land governance, climate change risks and planning, urban inequality and access to basic infrastructure services. In 2005/2006, he worked for the Human Science Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria South Africa as a Chief Research Specialist. He has also supervised research projects on variety of research issues that include governance, public service delivery in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Seychelles South Africa, Ethiopia, Botswana and Namibia. Kombe has won several international grants and has successfully executed several research consultancy projects. This includes research awarded by the European Union; Danida, ESRC, UKRI and VW. The impact of some of his research works includes direct impact on national policies such as the Urban Development Management Policy (2015); the National Human Settlements Development Policy (2018); the National Land Policy (2018) and the National Housing Policy (2018). His research outputs also informed the preparation of the National Informal Housing Improvement Programme (2010).