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Research Pilot Survey – Dar es Salaam
A key part of resilience is understanding how individuals, households, and communities will respond to a changing...
150 University Student have Attended Industrial Training
150 University studends have attended the industrial training coordinated by Resilience Academy team. These student...
A Handbook for Community Urban Risk Mapping
The activities undertaken by Ramani Huria over the last four years stood as a model for a Handbook for Community Urban...
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⅔ of African residents are in slum areas which are not planned. Since the cities are growing fast in Africa, slums...
Assessing the Geomorphological Characteristics of Soil in Dar es Salaam
Since its kick off in 2015, the Ramani Huria Project has collected numerous amount of data to help mitigating and planning for flooding in Dar es Salaam. Data collected include historical flood extents data, drainage data, infrastructure – buildings, roads, drains, etc.
Students Complete Industrial Training – 228 Mapped Subwards and Action Maps for Disaster Management of Dar es Salaam
Two Hundred Subwards of Dar es Salaam to be Mapped by University Students in the Next Six Weeks
Mapping for EBOLA in DRC Congo: Creating spatial data sets to help responders in the field
First Impressions of Ramani Huria: the rise of the Community Mapper
Using Drone Imagery to Generate Flood Inundation Models
Dar es Salaam is the largest city of Tanzania, it has an estimated 5.5 million residents and is also an economic centre for Tanzania and East Africa. Offset with this economic and social importance, Dar es Salaam has a tropical climate, experiencing two rainy seasons in a year (April – May and November – December). These seasons are usually accompanied with high rainfall, with high potential for flooding.