Social and Climate Vulnerability in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

July 28, 2011 · 0 comments

Tomorrow is too Late: Responding to Social and Climate Vulnerability in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2011.

David Dodman, Euster Kibona and Linda Kiluma Case study prepared for Cities and Climate Change: Global Report on Human Settlements 2011.

Full-text: http://www.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/GRHS2011/GRHS2011CaseStudyChapter06DaresSalaam.pdf

Seventy percent of the population of Dar es Salaam lives in unplanned settlements; and fifty percent of the residents of these informal settlements live on an average income of less than US$1/day (Ndezi, 2009). This fact is an important starting point for discussing the city’s vulnerability to climate change, and the strategies for adapting to this.

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