Dr. Sumaiya Amod Desai
Researcher and Senior Lecturer
- 031 260 2955
- Desai@ukzn.ac.za
- B.Paed, MA, PhD
- Geography
- Westville Campus
Dr Desai is a human geography lecturer who holds a MA and a PhD in geography.
She has supervised many honours,masters and PhD students within the field of urban and rural studies.
Research interests
- Rural topics
- Food security and rural livelihoods,
- Rural service provision especially relating to water and sanitation issues,
- Off-farm income generating opportunities,
- Land tenure issues,
- Indigenous knowledge systems and climate change.
- Urban topics
- Housing issues formal or informal,
- Environmental issues and migration.