A comparative analysis of climate-risk and extreme event-related impacts on well-being and health: Policy implications

WL Filho, AQ Al-Amin, GJ Nagy, UM Azeiteiro… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
There are various climate risks that are caused or influenced by climate change. They are
known to have a wide range of physical, economic, environmental and social impacts. Apart …

Climate Change Influences Potential Distribution of Infected Aedes aegypti Co-Occurrence with Dengue Epidemics Risk Areas in Tanzania

CN Mweya, SI Kimera, G Stanley, G Misinzo… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Dengue is the second most important vector-borne disease of humans globally
after malaria. Incidence of dengue infections has dramatically increased recently, potentially …

The constraints on climate change adaptation in a city with a large development deficit: the case of Dar es Salaam

R Kiunsi - Environment and Urbanization, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The city of Dar es Salaam, with a population of more than four million, has no climate
change adaptation plan. It also has a very large development deficit and lacks adequate …

Climate variability affects water-energy-food infrastructure performance in East Africa

C Siderius, SR Kolusu, MC Todd, A Bhave, AJ Dougill… - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
The need to assess major infrastructure performance under a changing climate is widely
recognized yet rarely practiced, particularly in rapidly growing African economies. Here, we …

Exposure and vulnerability to climate extremes: population and asset exposure to coastal flooding in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

AS Kebede, RJ Nicholls - Regional Environmental Change, 2012 - Springer
The paper provides a first quantitative estimate of the potential number of people and value
of assets exposed to coastal flooding in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The study used an …

The marginalization of sustainable charcoal production in the policies of a modernizing African nation

N Doggart, C Meshack - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Charcoal is the main cooking fuel for urban populations in many African countries.
Urbanization and population growth are driving an increase in demand for charcoal, whilst …

Using Sentinel-1 and Google Earth Engine cloud computing for detecting historical flood hazards in tropical urban regions: a case of Dar es Salaam

B Demissie, S Vanhuysse, T Grippa… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the potential of freely available Sentinel-1 imagery coupled with
Google Earth Engine (GEE) for map** and monitoring flooding in Dar es Salaam. Sentinel …

Country ownership of adaptation: Stakeholder influence or government control?

J Omukuti - Geoforum, 2020 - Elsevier
Adaptation to climate change needs to reflect local level priorities. Principles for country
ownership of adaptation within the UNFCCC emphasise on intra-state multi-stakeholder …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning algorithms for the prediction of drought conditions in the Wami River sub-catchment, Tanzania

C Lalika, AUH Mujahid, M James… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Study region This study refers to the Wami river sub-catchments in Eastern Tanzania. Study
Focus The five-machine learning (ML) algorithms, including long short-term memory (LSTM) …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of socio-economic impacts of the December 2011 flood event in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

DM Anande, PM Luhunga - Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 2019 - scirp.org
Floods are the most devastating hazards that have significant adverse impacts on people
and their livelihoods. Their impacts can be reduced by investing on: 1) improving the …