Weathering the Storm: Disaster Risk and Vulnerability Assessment of Informal Settlements in Mwanza City, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorHambati, Herbert
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-08T12:01:49Z
dc.date.available2016-07-08T12:01:49Z
dc.date.issued2013-11
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207233.2013.850796en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study employs participatory disaster risk and vulnerability assessment to analyse vulnerability to disasters in informal settlements in Mwanza city, Tanzania. The results show that a plethora of factors – human, physical, social, economic and natural – interact in complex non-linear ways to shape vulnerability to disaster in informal settlements in Mwanza city. The study shows that coping strategies of some individuals in informal settlements reinforce their risks to disaster. For example, the stones that are positioned on weak roof structures for protection may become projectiles in the event of storm: a kind of disaster by design. This quick-fix coping strategy is unlikely to be sustainable.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHambati, H., 2013. Weathering the storm: disaster risk and vulnerability assessment of informal settlements in Mwanza city, Tanzania. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 70(6), pp.919-939.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00207233.2013.850796
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2881
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.subjectVulnerabilityen_US
dc.subjectDisastersen_US
dc.subjectInformalen_US
dc.subjectSettlementsen_US
dc.subjectMwanzaen_US
dc.titleWeathering the Storm: Disaster Risk and Vulnerability Assessment of Informal Settlements in Mwanza City, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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