Dar es Salaam
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Skyscraper City
In the past few years high-rise buildings have mushroomed in Dar es Salaam. But with developers ignoring engineers’ guidelines and the city ill-equipped to handle additional stress on its drainage system, the city’s modern skyline comes with its own set of challenges.
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Dar’s Hawker Complex is a White Elephant
To put an end to street hawking, government built a complex for hawkers in Dar es Salaam to trade out of. But few hawkers are using it and most prefer to sell on the streets, illegally. Florence Mugarula reports.
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Feeder roads to deal with Dar’s traffic dilemma
Commuters in Dar es Salaam are used to spending hours stuck in traffic jams. A new 46.2-kilometer network of feeder roads in the city should change that. Florence Mugarula reports.
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Dar needs to deal with unplanned settlements
Living in Dar es Salaam for some can best be described as the struggle of living in unplanned settlements where road networks and drainage systems leave a lot to be desired. But residents can see some light at the end of the tunnel as the government plans to implement the Dar es Salaam Metropolitan Project […]
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Rains wreak havoc in Dar es Salaam
It is noon and the heavens break loose. While some cheer for the seething breeze that accompanies the rain, some just curse it. Frederick Lema, a veteran commuter bus driver, grows animated as raindrops start falling. He knows the day is over and as a breadwinner he anticipates more trouble at home. It has been […]
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Commuter trains ease traffic in Dar
In Dar es Salaam the government in collaboration with the private sector has been trying hard to come up with solutions to solve the traffic jams that bedevil the city. One strategy has been the implementation of commuter train routes in the city, established in October 2012. The service is cheap and relatively reliable compared […]
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Weekly urban news roundup: May 9, 2014
World Economic Forum lands in Abuja No fewer than 13 heads of state and about 1,000 delegates participate in the World Economic Forum, WEF, on Africa in Abuja. Ms Elsie Kanza, Director, Head of Africa, said that Nigeria as the largest economy in Africa has a great role to play in the region to ensure positive economic […]
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Government moves to make bodabodas safer in Dar
Photo: Traffic police inspect a bodaboda rider’s particulars at Magomeni area in Dar es Salaam. Emmanuel Herman. Motorcycle taxi operators in Dar es Salaam should be rubbing their hands with glee after former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa recently offered them a helping hand. Speaking at a meeting with bodaboda operators at Leaders Club grounds, in […]
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Weekly urban news roundup: April 25, 2014
Benghazi votes peacefully. Benghazi residents on April 19 voted to choose their municipal council in an atmosphere of hope and optimism about a better future. The chairman of election subcommittee, Abdel Wahab al-Feki, expressed his relief over the smooth flow of elections, which took place without any obstacles. –Magharebia. Small traders fear evictions in Kigali The city of […]
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End in sight for Dar es Salaam’s traffic woes
Expectations are running high among Dar es Salaam residents as the first phase of the city’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project inches closer to completion. For Dar es Salaam commuters, who spend over two hours on a one-way trip into or out of the central business area, the project, implemented by government agency DART, promises […]
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Express bus service for Addis
Addis Ababa’s new Sheger Express bus system is changing the face of public transport in a city where close to 60% of the population walks to their destinations.
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Cities in need of dreams: the urban challenge in Tanzania
Dar es Salaam is on the path to hit mega-city status by 2050. Philotheusy Mbogoro, national coordinator for the Tanzania Cities Network, speaks to urbanafrica.net from the Africities Summit about Tanzania’s urban development challenges.
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Africa’s emerging mega-cities
Mark Jackson tracks the growth of Africa’s three emerging mega-cities over the past 25 years and consider their future form.
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Mapping movement in Dar es Salaam
A team of researchers used open access data to map traffic congestion in Dar es Salaam. Urbanafrica.Net spoke to Lasse Mølle from the University of Copenhagen about the research and what the findings mean for the city.
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Citywide sanitation projects in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania report on successes of first year
(Cross-posted from SHARE Research website) SHARE partners Shack/Slum Dwellers (SDI), together with their affiliates and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), have just published four policy briefs documenting the first year of the SHARE-funded City-Wide Sanitation Project. The purpose of this research project is to develop inclusive, sustainable sanitation strategies. In practice this […]
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Confessions of a researcher
Aisling O’Loghen is doing research on urban refugees in Tanzania for her PhD. In this honest, thoughtful post, she questions her role and value as a researcher dealing with the dire realities of her interview subjects.
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Landlords and tenants relationship in improving sanitation in Dar es Salaam
One of the key challenges for improving sanitation in slums is the issue of land, structure, and ownership. During a study conducted by Tanzania Urban Poor Federation and Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI) in 2012, community members from Keko Machungwa settlement in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, highlighted the relationship between tenants and landlords as paramount to […]
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Postdoc Position: Urban Energy Systems in East Africa
The research group on Spatial and Infrastructure Planning at the Darmstadt University of Technology investigates the interplay between cities/regions and technical infrastructures as well as their innovation patterns and governance. We are currently inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Position starting in June 2015, initially for two years (with a possible extension of the term). The collaborative research project “Translating the networked city: adaptation and creativity in urban infrastructures in Africa” is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) under its interdisciplinary priority program “Adaptation and Creativity in Africa – Significations and Technologies in the Production of Order and Disorder” (www.spp1448.de).
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Toward the networked city? Translating technological ideals and planning models in water and sanitation systems in Dar es Salaam
Paper addresses the contradiction between the ideal of the ‘networked city’ and the reality of unequal access to water and sanitation services in Dar es Salaam.
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The constraints on climate change adaptation in a city with a large development deficit: the case of Dar Es Salaam
This paper discusses the measures being taken to address the deficit of infrastructure and basic services in Dar es Salaam and how these measures can be accompanied by improved disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.
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Reworking the Relation between Sanitation and the City in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
This paper analyses the status of the sanitation and drainage systems of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and highlights the relation among the evolution of the city’s growth, sanitation system, and type of settlement.
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Sustainable Development of Storm-Water Systems in African Cities: Considering Climate Change
This paper analyses the problem of the sustainable design and development of urban storm-water systems in response to the climate change and anthropic modification.
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A refugee in my own country: Evictions or property rights in the urban informal economy?
This paper compares the major clearances of street traders that took place in Dar es Salaam in 2006–2007 and Dakar in 2007.
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Claiming the Streets: Property Rights and Legal Empowerment in the Urban Informal Economy
This paper looks at the concept of law and urban development. The focus is on street trade and the informal economy.
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Vulnerability of the built environment to flooding in African cities
This chapter forms part of the book ” Urban Vulnerability and Climate Change in Africa”, published in Springer International’s “Future City” series, and provides an overview of the activities and findings related to the vulnerability to flooding of the urban built environment.
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Waste pickers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
This article explores the operations of an informal army of self-employed, micro-entrepreneurial waste pickers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Accessibility, congestion and travel delays in Dar es Salaam: A time–distance perspective
This paper addresses the current state of the transport infrastructure in the city of Dar es Salaam providing both a methodological, a planning and a spatial accessibility perspective.
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Tanzania – Urban Megaproject: The Bus Rapid Transport Project
This article analyses the political economy of the Bus Rapid Transport project implemented in Dar es Salaam between 2002 and 2014. It discusses the recent rapid growth of Bus Rapid Transit systems and the vested interests of the actors promoting them as a “win-win” solution to tackle the crisis of public transport in developing countries. […]