METROPOLIS PRESENTATION

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

Mega City Project

Dar es salaam

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Infrastructure and Crime

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Health Hazards

04

Housing and Unemployment

03

Slums and Environment

02

General Information

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Capital moved to Dodoma 1996

Founded between 1865/66

LOCATIOn

Dar es Salaam is the de facto capital of Tanzania

DATA - Population

Tenure

Durability

Living area

Sanitation

Water source

The 5 characteristics of a slum

slums and environment

• Poor planning
• Poor communication
• Rapid urbanization

Causes of slums in dar es salaam

• Inequality
• Expensive housing

• Majority 90%
• Deforestation
• Unstable supply

Environmental impact

• Motor vehicles
• Bad urban plannning
• Bus rapid transit

Environmental impact

Overcrowding

Unemployment

Housing Problems

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

Housing and unemployment

Water Problems

Health Hazards

Sanitation Problems

Health hazards

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

water problems

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

sanitation problems

• unsafe hausing
• inadequat & poor healthcare
• air pollution

health hazards

TransportationProblems

Urban Crime

Disposal of Trash

Infrastructure and crime

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

transportation problems

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

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