Adapting to Climate Change in Coastal Dar Es Salaam

Urban adaptation to climate change is a field of growing interest in spatial planning. It is especially concerned with ways to cope with the uncertainty inherent in regional downscaling of global predictions and, most importantly, the response of the city to change. The paper presents the results of several research studies conducted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with the twofold aim of increasing the understanding of adaptation practices, and developing methodologies for mainstreaming adaptation into urban development and environment management plans and programs.