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. We also conducted flood risk identification in more than 200 subwards of Dar es Salaam and mapped hyper-local boundaries of the city, famously and informally known as “shina boundaries”. Having all these data was not sufficient to produce a flood model of the city. There was one missing component in the data…Read more
