Verna Nel Editor & Author

Verna Nel is a Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of the Free State, South Africa. She had extensive experience in local government, including as Chief Town Planner in the Centurion Town Council and the City of Tshwane’s City Planning Function, before joining the university. She has published on spatial governance, urban resilience, secondary cities, and the impacts of mining on communities. She is a consultant on land use management.

Stuart Denoon-Stevens has a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning and is Senior Lecturer at Nottingham-Trent University in the UK. His work focusses on creating better places. He has published on spatial planning, housing, mining towns, planning education and zoning. In addition to a project on planning education, Stuart has led an international project on Covid-19 impacts on youth.