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