Environmental Resilience, Climate and Sustainability

Professional Biography

Dr Wilfred Ochieng Omollo is an Urban and Regional Planner with over 20 years of professional experience in physical planning, development control, land use management, and strategic spatial planning. He is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography at Kisii University, Kenya, and has served in both academia and government, with extensive experience preparing, implementing, and evaluating physical development plans, urban policy, and sustainable land use management. He holds a PhD in Urban Planning, an MA in Urban and Regional Planning, and a BA in Geography (GIS and Remote Sensing).

Throughout his career, Dr. Omollo has contributed to professional practice through the preparation of strategic plans, physical development plans, institutional master plans, policy formulation, development control, and capacity building in physical and land use planning. He serves as a member of the Physical Planners Registration Board of Kenya, where he contributes to the Board's Strategy Committee, and is a Corporate Member of both the Kenya Institute of Planners and the Architectural Association of Kenya (Town Planning Chapter). He has also supported curriculum development in spatial planning and provided planning consultancy to public institutions.

Dr. Omollo has published extensively in reputable international journals on urban planning, development control, land use planning, spatial governance, and geospatial technologies. He has served as Guest Editor for the Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs and as a peer reviewer for numerous internationally recognised journals, including the International Journal of Geographical Information Science, International Journal of Remote Sensing, European Journal of Remote Sensing, and Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. His recent publications include studies in the Journal of Parks, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, and the Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning.

Dr Omollo's professional interests include physical and land use planning, development control, urban governance, strategic planning, GIS and remote sensing applications, environmental planning, and evidence-based spatial decision-making. He continues to contribute to professional practice through research, policy advisory, postgraduate supervision, and the promotion of sustainable and resilient urban development

• Physical and land use planning, development control, urban governance, strategic planning, GIS and remote sensing applications, environmental planning, and evidence-based spatial decision-making