Integrating Land use and Transport Planning in Harare, Zimbabwe: Challenges, Gaps and Opportunities

Abstract

Most Harare residents depend on public transportation to participate in the economy and meet their life needs. However, the existing urban transport system does not provide sufficient and reliable access to destinations. The current strides to solve the transport problems are failing in such endeavours. There is need for innovative and alternative planning methods to deal with transport poverty. The study evaluated the prospects of one such innovative planning model to achieve sustainable mobility and accessibility. It explored the prospects of integrated land-use and transport planning in Harare. The study employed qualitative research tools to gather data. Key informants were engaged through interviews. The qualitative data analysis was done using N-vivo. This study concluded that the prospect of integrated land-use and transport planning in Harare is bleak although there is high consciousness of the concept. This is due mainly to lack of political will, lack of financial resources, poor institutional integration and weak regulatory and legal frameworks.