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Urban Flooding and Adaptation Potentials for Building Structures in LECZ: The Case of Dar es Salaam Coastal City, Tanzania
Session 27
Author: Elinorata Mbuya (Ardhi University, Tanzania)
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Friday October 25, 10:45–12:15 & 13:45-15:15, First Floor Seminar Room, John Moffat Building
Urban Flooding and Adaptation Potentials for Building Structures in LECZ: The Case of Dar es Salaam Coastal City, Tanzania
Abstract
We present on vulnerability of buildings to climate change induced floods in LECZ. Discussion includes motives prompting people to settle in flooding LECZ, buildings laboratory results and locally practiced flood adaptation measures. Proposals are suggested to improve the resilience of housing structures and contributing to climate mitigation.
