Journal of Climate Change and Pollution

Wilbard Kombe is a Professor of Urban Land Management at the Institute of Human Settlements Studies, Tanzania. Kombe received his PhD from the Technical University of Dortmund, (TUD) in Germany and MSc. from the Royal Danish Academy (Copenhagen) in Danmark. His recent research works have focused on urban governance, urban housing, land management and administration; public-private partnership in housing and basic infrastructure services delivery and climate change and urban vulnerability. He has been extensively involved in research activities in several countries in the Sub-Sahara Africa. This includes supervision of research projects and advisory services on land governance, infrastructure services delivery for the urban poor carried. Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana and Ethiopia. Some of these action research activities were funded by the Netherlands Government. He has also carried out research on low-income settlements in several cities such as Johannesburg and Durban. Prof. Kombe has won and led various multi-disciplinary research activities undertaken in collaboration with foreign universities such as the Technical University Dortmund (TUD) Germany; the University College London, Development Planning Unit (DPU); the University of Sussex UK; the University of Manchester, UK and the Human Science Research Council, South Africa. He has also implemented several real-life projects undertaken in Tanzania covering a wide range of subjects. This includes large construction projects on low-income housing and basic infrastructure improvement funded by UNDP, Ford Foundation and ILO in Dar es Salaam. The impact of some of his research works includes direct inputs into national policies He has worked as a consultant for local government authorities (LGAs) and central government ministries. His engagement includes capacity building for local communities and local government staff funded by UNDP. Prof. Kombe has also provided consultancy services to several international organizations to include; the World Bank, UNDP, ILO, Sida, DFID, Norad, Danida, WB and Finnida.

• Knowledge co-production for urban equality
• Political economy of housing
• Housing finance and the urban poor
• Infrastructure services delivery and SDGs
• Climate change, urban vulnerability, and resilience
• Informal urbanization
• Urban housing and land governance

1. Editorial Board Member for multiple international journals
2. Technical Advisor for UKRI-funded research projects
3. Lead investigator and collaborator in multi-disciplinary international research
4. Consultant for World Bank, UNDP, ILO, Sida, DFID, Norad, Danida, Finnida
5. Supervision of research projects across Sub-Saharan Africa

1. Universalising Water and Sanitation Coverage in Urban Areas
2. Governance of Informal Urbanisation in Tanzania
3. Co-Production: The Power of Societal Knowledge in Post-Ante Planning of Informal Settlements
4. Is Climate Change Knowledge Making a Difference in Adaptation and Mitigation Planning and Practice
5. Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 Partial Lockdown in Tanzania
6. How Co-Production Contributes to Urban Equality
7. Informal Land Investments and Wealth Accumulation in the Context of Regularization