Urban Poverty & Climate Change in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania:
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58. What chang<strong>es</strong> have you noted <strong>in</strong> your settlement/house that you th<strong>in</strong>k may be contributed<br />
by climatic chang<strong>es</strong> (Fill Table 17).<br />
Table 17: <strong>Climate</strong>-related factors noted <strong>in</strong> the area by the r<strong>es</strong>idents.<br />
No Risk and Vulnerability Level of seriousn<strong>es</strong>s Comments on possible caus<strong>es</strong><br />
1 Ra<strong>in</strong>fall<br />
2 Indoor heat (<strong>in</strong>tensity)<br />
3 Outdoor heat<br />
4 W<strong>in</strong>d<br />
5 Floods<br />
6 Moisture/wetn<strong>es</strong>s <strong>in</strong> the air<br />
7 Cold weather<br />
8 Dry weather<br />
9 Mosquito<strong>es</strong><br />
10 Malaria disease<br />
11 Crop//vegetable p<strong>es</strong>ts &<br />
diseas<strong>es</strong><br />
12 Food <strong>in</strong>security<br />
13 Loss of customers as have no<br />
<strong>in</strong>come<br />
14 Eat<strong>in</strong>g l<strong>es</strong>s meals due to<br />
poverty & low household<br />
<strong>in</strong>come<br />
15 Fall<strong>in</strong>g sourc<strong>es</strong> of<br />
underground/river/piped<br />
water for<br />
garden<strong>in</strong>g/livelihood activity<br />
Extreme<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease<br />
<strong>in</strong>tensity<br />
and<br />
more<br />
common<br />
Ord<strong>in</strong>ary<br />
<strong>in</strong>crease<br />
or<br />
average<br />
106<br />
Decrease<br />
or Low<br />
amount<br />
Not at<br />
all<br />
(NIL)<br />
D’know<br />
of the situation<br />
59: What is your ass<strong>es</strong>sment of the exist<strong>in</strong>g environmental situation for avert<strong>in</strong>g the impact of<br />
floods <strong>in</strong> your area. Use Table 18.<br />
Table 18: Exist<strong>in</strong>g Environmental Situation<br />
Status<br />
No Issue<br />
1 Pr<strong>es</strong>ence of open<br />
dra<strong>in</strong> for storm water<br />
dra<strong>in</strong>age<br />
2 Quality of<br />
available storm<br />
Pr<strong>es</strong>ent<br />
Y/N<br />
Well paved<br />
no cracks<br />
Wide enough<br />
Y/N<br />
Not well<br />
paved,<br />
Clean<br />
Y/N<br />
Well<br />
paved<br />
Dirty clogged<br />
with solid &<br />
liquid waste<br />
Y/N<br />
Full of solid<br />
waste,<br />
Flood at tim<strong>es</strong> &<br />
water enters<br />
hous<strong>es</strong><br />
Y/N<br />
No storm water<br />
dra<strong>in</strong>age channel