SettlementGrid
Informal settlement mapping and regularisation
Professional wording for unauthorised or unregularised settlements: survey, service, regularise, relocate only where safety requires it.
Unregistered structures92,000
Formal properties228,000
Register gap512,000
Demo zones3
Ward 38
High
Kuwadzana Extension informal cluster
Harare · 3,400 structures · 17,800 residents
Risk: No planned sewer, weak access roads, refuse gap
Action: Survey properties, reserve roads, map service corridors, create phased billing accounts
Ward 7
Critical
Zengeza sewer pressure zone
Chitungwiza · 2,100 structures · 10,900 residents
Risk: Sewer overflow and public health exposure
Action: Emergency sewer jetting, CCTV inspection, household connection audit
Ward 3
Medium
Mbare market backlot densification
Harare · 620 structures · 4,600 residents
Risk: Drainage, waste and pedestrian access
Action: Market layout update, drainage bay, formal waste points