ABSTRACT
Some residents of Tandale Ward, in the city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, have made significant investments in their homes to respond to weather events exacerbated by climatic change. Like other low-income areas in the city (see Kiunsi 2013), Tandale is in a very low-lying area and is vulnerable to flooding. As a result, many households have built secondary walls around the base of their houses to prevent water and associated debris from entering their homes when flooding occurs. Figure 11.1 shows a wall built around the base of a home in Tandale, and Figure 11.2 shows the proximity of houses to a river that is prone to flooding during extreme rain events.
