METROPOLIS PRESENTATION

WGI11-3 21/22 Global Studies, Cheng-Höhn Johanna, Niklas, Mia, Lena

Dar es salaam

Mega City Project

index

Housing and Unemployment

Infrastructure and Crime

01

03

05

General Information

Slums and Environment

02

06

04

Health Hazards

Sources

LOCATIOn

Dar es Salaam is the de facto capital of Tanzania

Founded between 1865/66

Capital moved to Dodoma 1996

DATA - Population

slums and environment

The 5 characteristics of a slum

Living area

Water source

Tenure

Sanitation

Durability

Causes of slums in dar es salaam

• Poor planning
• Poor communication
• Rapid urbanization

• Inequality
• Expensive housing

Environmental impact

• Majority 90%
• Deforestation
• Unstable supply

Environmental impact

• Motor vehicles
• Bad urban plannning
• Bus rapid transit

Housing and unemployment

Housing Problems

Overcrowding

Unemployment

Housing and unemployment

• more demand than supply
• prices are high
• overcrowding caused by slums and little housing
• poor economy
• caused by poverty in general
• 75% live in informal settlements
• average income a day = US$ 1

Housing and unemployment

• first job above 34
• 21.5% are unemployed
• lack of skilled workers
• no practical training

• children can't attend school due to poverty

Health hazards

Health Hazards

Sanitation Problems

Water Problems

water problems

• water pressure by 12%
• lack of water
• abstract water without permission
• high tempratures
• deficit of nearly 100 million liters of water
• water in hospitals

sanitation problems

• many diseases
• cause: lack of water
• lack of education
• no chance to know importantce of health habits
• open defecation
• high density living

health hazards

• unsafe hausing
• inadequat & poor healthcare
• air pollution

Infrastructure and crime

Urban Crime

Disposal of Trash

TransportationProblems

transportation problems

• Poor road infrastructure
• No planned city development
• People commuting

urban Transport Improvement Project

Information & Communication Technology

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System

Ubungo Intersection

disposal of trash

• 12th most polluted city in the world
• Health and Sanitation Index: 40,4

Crime rates

Crime Index of 59.87 and a Safety Scale of 40.13

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar_es_Salaam https://unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/2020/06/indicator_11.1.1_training_module_adequate_housing_and_slum_upgrading.pdf https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/dar-es-salaam-population https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/22894/dar-es-salaam/population https://en.climate-data.org/africa/tanzania/dar-es-salaam/dar-es-salaam-518/ https://weather-and-climate.com/average-monthly-Rainfall-Temperature-Sunshine,Dar-Es-Salaam,Tanzania https://unequalscenes.com/tanzania https://unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/download-manager-files/Tanzania%20Dar%20es%20Salaam%20Urban%20Profile.pdf https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18655647 http://pie.pascalobservatory.org/pascalnow/blogentry/pie/city-dar-es-salaam-striving-resolve-environmental-problems https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Germany&country2=Tanzania&city1=Stuttgart&city2=Dar+es+Salaam&tracking=getDispatchComparison https://www.numbeo.com/traffic/in/Dar-Es-Salaam https://www.countryreports.org/country/Tanzania/crimes.htm https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P150937 https://youtu.be/_59Ykvl89dc