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Dr Minyoi in his UB office
Title
Dr.
Firstname
Mutakela
Middlename
Ben-Kingsley
Lastname
Minyoi
Position
Lecturer
Office
Block 248 Room 211
Phone
+2673555259
Professional Qualifications

Ph.D Urban Planning and Management - University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

MSc. Housing Studies - Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom.

BSc. Urban and Regional Planning - University of Botswana, Gaborone Botswana

Advanced Diploma Urban and Rural Planning - Ardhi Institute, Tanzania

Brief Biography

Dr. Minyoi is a Town Planner by profession, having started as a Trainee Planner in 1989 in the then Ministry of Local Government and Lands, Department of Town and Regional Planning, and as a Practitioner from 1994 to 1999. Then joined the academia (University of Botswana) in 1999 as a Staff Development Fellow and becoming a Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning in 2002.

Teaching Areas

Introductory courses to Planning and Planning Theory,

Planning History

Settlement Development Planning

Site Planning and Design

Urban Governance and Management

Integrated Development Planning

Housing Studies

Research Areas

Urban Planning Practices

Plan Implementation

Housing 

Land Tenure

Urbanization

Climate Change

Informality

Postgraduate Supervision Areas

Built Environment

Informality

Housing

Urban Planning

Design

Selected Publications

Minyoi, M. K. (2019). The Historiography of Town Planning and Its Shifting Paradigms in Sub-Saharan Africa. In I. Biao (Ed.), Learning Cities, Town Planning, and the Creation of Livelihoods (pp. 1-32). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-8134-5.ch001

Minyoi, M.K., (2018) Towards an Understanding of the Business Perceptions of Planning in Botswana. Botswana Journal of Technology Volume 23, Issue 1, pp 21-38.

Selabe, M. and Minyoi, M.K. (2018) Perceived Barriers to Rainwater Harvesting as a Source of Water Supply in Gaborone City, Botswana. Botswana Journal of Technology Volume 23 Issue 1, pp 86-96.

Rammapudi, K. and Minyoi M.K. (2014) Customary Land Conflicts in Peri-Urban Areas of Botswana: Perceptions of Rights Holders, in Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings, Planning Africa 2014 Conference, 19-22 October 2014, International Convention Center, Durban, Republic of South Africa. ISBN: 978-0-86970-781-4.

In pursuit of academic excellence