Percy Toriro is an Urban Planner practicing in Eastern and Southern Africa. He is also a Research Consultant with the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town. He is a four-term past President of the Zimbabwe Institute of Regional and Urban Planners. He also taught in the Planning School at the University of Zimbabwe and once headed Town Planning for the City of Harare. Percy holds a PhD from the University of Cape Town and is a Fellow of the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Canada. His research areas include Housing, Urban Informality, Food Systems and Security, Migration, Urban Environments and Sustainability. Innocent Chirisa is a professor in the Department of Demography Settlement and Development, University of Zimbabwe. He is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Zimbabwe and a Research Fellow in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, South Africa.