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Dr. Mtafu Manda

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Senior Lecturer

Dr. Mtafu Manda

Email Address

manda.ma@mzuni.ac.mw

Location

Main Campus

Department(s)

Area of Expertise

Town and Regional Planning/Housing

  • Brown, D., & Manda, M. (2025). “Rural-urban planning and governance in ‘transitional spaces’: comparative insights from Southern Africa”. In Handbook on Rural-Urban Linkages in the Global South. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802207712.00028
  • Bauer, W.,Titz, A. & Manda, M.C. (2024) ‘Tracing the urbanisation of risk in Malawi: A multilevel analysis’, Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 16 (1), a1668.https://doi.org/104102/jamba.v16i1.1668
  • UN-Habitat (2020). Breaking Cycles of Risk Accumulation in African Cities”. United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Nairobi HS Number: HS/059/19E ISBN Number (Volume): 978-92-1-132851-6. un_report_2019_ebook_high_res.pdf (unhabitat.org)
  • Brown, D, Manda, M and Mwalyambwile, T (2024). “Lilongwe: City report”. ACRC Working Paper 2024-13. Manchester: African Cities Research Consortium, The University of Manchester. Available online: www.african-cities.org  ISBN: 978-1-915163-12-7
  • Pelling, M.; Barcena, A; Leck, H; Adelekan, I.; Dodman, D.; Issaka, H.; Johnson, C.; Manda, M.; Mberu, B.; Nwokocha, E.; Osuteye, E. and Boubacar, S. (2021). ‘Uncertain pasts and risk sensitive futures in sub-Saharan urban transformation,’ in: Keith, M; Aruska, A ; Santos,  de S and  Parnell, S (Eds) African Cities and Collaborative Futures . Manchester, University Manchester Press. pp. 53-72.  ISBN: 9781526155368
  • Allen, A., Koroma, B., Manda, M., Osuteye, E. and Lambert, R. (2019), “Urban risk readdressed: Bridging resilience-seeking practices in African Cities”, in: Burayid, M.A., Allen, A., Twigg, J. and Wamsler, C. (Eds), The Routledge Handbook of Urban Resilience, London: Routledge.pp.331-348. ISBN: 9780429506666
  • Manda, M. (2014), “Bicycle taxis in Mzuzu City: a business venture misunderstood”, in Duminy, J. et al (Eds.), Planning and the case study method in Africa, Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 102-128.
  • Bauer, W., Titz, A. & Manda, M., 2024, ‘Tracing the urbanisation of risk in Malawi: A multilevel analysis’, Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 16(1), a1668. https://doi.org/10.4102/ jamba.v16i1.1668
  • Mwalwimba, I.K., Manda, M. & Ngongondo, C. (2024). ‘Measuring vulnerability to assess household resilience to flood risks in Karonga district, Malawi.’ Natural Hazards . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06416-4
  • Chingamtolo, C. & Mtafu, M. (2024) ‘Constraints to property taxation in Malawi’, Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, (29).
  • Andrea, K.; Tembo, M. and Manda, M. (2023), ‘Community Awareness of dental fluorosis as health risk associated with fluoride in improved groundwater sources in Mangochi district.’ Journal of Water and Health. https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2023.210
  • Bwanali, W. and Manda, M. (2023), “The correlation between social resilience and flooding in low-income communities: a case of Mzuzu City, Malawi”, International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print.  https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-09-2022-0093
  • Andrea, K; Manda, M and Tembo, M. (2023). ‘Tariff setting for the sustainability of communal water points in Mangochi District in Malawi,’ Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (2023) 13 (9): 625–634. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2023.183
  • Mwalwimba, I.K., Manda, M. & Ngongondo, C. (2024) Flood vulnerability assessment in rural and urban informal settlements: case study of Karonga District and Lilongwe City in Malawi. Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06601-5
  • Munthali, C. Manda, M. and Bwanali, W. (2021) Assessment of Socio-Economic Vulnerability to Flooding in Mweniyumba Neighbourhood, Karonga Township Environment Pollution and Climate Change, Vol 5 No 3. pp.1-13
  • Gondwe, J & Manda, M. (2021). “Localizing children’s play spaces through the child friendly city lens: Reframing tools for children’s inclusivity in Mzuzu City, Malawi,” Journal of Inclusive Cities and the Built Environment, Vol1 No.1 pp.81-89
  •  Dodman, D., Adelekan, I., Brown, D., Hayley, L., Manda, M., Mberu, B.,  Pelling, M., Rusca, M., Satterthwaite, D. and Taylor, F. (2018), “A Spectrum of Methods for a Spectrum of Risk: Generating Evidence to Understand and Reduce Urban Risk in Sub‐Saharan Africa”, Area, Vol. 51, pp. 586 – 594. doi.org/10.1111/area.12510
  • Hayley, L., Pelling, M., Adelekan, I., Dodman, D., Issaka, H., Johnson, C., Manda, M., Mberu, B., Nwokocha, E., Osuteye, E. and Boubacar, S. (2018), “Towards Risk-Sensitive and Transformative Urban Development in Sub Saharan Africa”, Sustainability, Vol 10 No 2645, pp.1-21. doi:10.3390/su10082645
  • Wanda, E; Manda, M; Kushe,J.;Msiska, O.; Mphande,C.;Kamlomo, D, and Kaunda, J (2017). ‘Using Citizen Science Approach to monitor water, sanitation and hygiene Related Risks in Karonga Town, Malawi,’ African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Vol.11 No 6, pp. 304-323. doi.org/10.5897/AJEST2017.2308
  • Gondwe, J; Manda, M. & Kamlomo, D (2017) ‘Discriminatory land use planning and flood risk Management in Karonga Town, Malawi’ International Journal of Human Sciences, Vol 14   No. 4    pp 1-13 https://www.j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/4706/2334
  • Manda, M. and Wanda, E. (2017), “Understanding the nature and scale of risks in Karonga, Malawi”, Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 29 No. 1, pp.15-32.
  • Manda, M. (2016). ‘Growth Centres as a strategy for Rural Development, ‘in LDF Discussions on Local Economic Development in Malawi: Compendium of Studies, Lilongwe, LDFTT
  • Manda, M. and Matidza, I. (2017), “Tracer study of Mzuzu University Land Management Students, 2010-2015”, Education and Society in Southern Africa, Vol. 3 No 3, pp.45-67.
  • Blair, N. and Manda, M. (2016), “A partnership-based model for embedding employability in urban planning education”, Urban, Planning and Transport Research, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp.46-63.
  • Adelekan, I., Johnson, C., Manda, M., Matyas, D., Mberu, B., Parnell, S., Pelling, M., Satterthwaite, D. and Vivekananda, J. (2015), “Disaster risk and its reduction: an agenda for urban Africa”, International Development Planning Review, Vol. 37 No. 1, pp.33-43
  • Manda, M.  (2014), “Where there is no local government: addressing disaster risk reduction in a small town: case of Karonga in Malawi”, Environment & Urbanization, Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. 1-14.
  • Manda, M (2013), “Reflections on planning education in Malawi”, Education and Society in Southern Africa, Vol. 1 No.1, pp 58-74.
  • Osuteye, E., Johnson, C., Brown, D., Manda, M. and Gondwe, J., (2016), August. Governance of urban development and its influence on risks in Karonga Town. RGS-IBG Annual International Conference.
  • Allen, A., Lambert, R., Manda, M. and Osuteye, E. in collaboration with Hamilton, A. (technical platform assemblage) and Bwanali, B, Manda, F., Gondwe, J. and Gondwe, M. (coordination community-led data collection) (2018) ReMapRisk Karonga. Online platform produced for Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK) [https://www.urbanark.org/] ESRC/DFID Grant No. ES/L008777/1