Essays about: "flood plain settlers"

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  1. 1. Flood Risk Perception in Tanzania : A Case of Flood Affected Arean in Dar es Salaam

    University essay from Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Carolina Fintling; [2006]
    Keywords : risk perception; flooding; floods; urban vulnerability; flood plain settlers; Dar es Salaam; Tanzania;

    Abstract : The main objective of this study is to understand and asses flood risk perception among people living in Msimbazi Valley in Das es Salaam, Tanzania. Many of the people I have interviewed are experiencing flooding every year but it is rarely considered disastrous. Looked at individually they may not be disasters but cumulatively they may be. READ MORE