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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

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