Climate change impacts and institutional response capacity in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Springer Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 39-55

  Rugai, Dionis ^a   Kassenga, Gabriel R ^a  

^a ARDHI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategy; Climate and weather hazards; Dar es Salaam; Social and environmental impacts; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920108074     PISSN: 23520698     EISSN: 23520701     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00672-7_3     Document Type: Chapter

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