Wading Out the Storm : The Role of Poverty in Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience to Floods in Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam is frequently affected by severe flooding causing destruction and impeding daily life of its 4.5 million inhabitants. The focus of this paper is on the role of poverty in the impact of floods on households, focusing on both direct (da...
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okr-10986-322692022-09-20T00:13:59Z Wading Out the Storm : The Role of Poverty in Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience to Floods in Dar es Salaam Erman, Alvina Tariverdi, Mercedeh Obolensky, Marguerite Chen, Xiaomeng Vincent, Rose Camille Malgioglio, Silvia Rentschler, Jun Hallegatte, Stephane Yoshida, Nobuo FLOOD FLOOD RISK CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT VULNERABILITY CLIMATE RESILIENCE POVERTY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE Dar es Salaam is frequently affected by severe flooding causing destruction and impeding daily life of its 4.5 million inhabitants. The focus of this paper is on the role of poverty in the impact of floods on households, focusing on both direct (damage to or loss of assets or property) and indirect (losses involving health, infrastructure, labor, and education) impacts using household survey data. Poorer households are more likely to be affected by floods; directly affected households are more likely female-headed and have more insecure tenure arrangements; and indirectly affected households tend to have access to poorer quality infrastructure. Focusing on the floods of April 2018, affected households suffered losses of 23 percent of annual income on average. Surprisingly, poorer households are not over-represented among the households that lost the most - even in relation to their income, possibly because 77 percent of total losses were due to asset losses, with richer households having more valuable assets. Although indirect losses were relatively small, they had significant well-being effects for the affected households. It is estimated that households’ losses due to the April 2018 flood reached more than US$100 million, representing between 2-4 percent of the gross domestic product of Dar es Salaam. Furthermore, poorer households were less likely to recover from flood exposure. The report finds that access to finance play an important role in recovery for households. 2019-08-16T15:25:55Z 2019-08-16T15:25:55Z 2019-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/788241565625141093/Wading-Out-the-Storm-The-Role-of-Poverty-in-Exposure-Vulnerability-and-Resilience-to-Floods-in-Dar-Es-Salaam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32269 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8976 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Tanzania |
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FLOOD FLOOD RISK CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT VULNERABILITY CLIMATE RESILIENCE POVERTY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE Erman, Alvina Tariverdi, Mercedeh Obolensky, Marguerite Chen, Xiaomeng Vincent, Rose Camille Malgioglio, Silvia Rentschler, Jun Hallegatte, Stephane Yoshida, Nobuo Wading Out the Storm : The Role of Poverty in Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience to Floods in Dar es Salaam |
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Dar es Salaam is frequently affected by
severe flooding causing destruction and impeding daily life
of its 4.5 million inhabitants. The focus of this paper is
on the role of poverty in the impact of floods on
households, focusing on both direct (damage to or loss of
assets or property) and indirect (losses involving health,
infrastructure, labor, and education) impacts using
household survey data. Poorer households are more likely to
be affected by floods; directly affected households are more
likely female-headed and have more insecure tenure
arrangements; and indirectly affected households tend to
have access to poorer quality infrastructure. Focusing on
the floods of April 2018, affected households suffered
losses of 23 percent of annual income on average.
Surprisingly, poorer households are not over-represented
among the households that lost the most - even in relation
to their income, possibly because 77 percent of total losses
were due to asset losses, with richer households having more
valuable assets. Although indirect losses were relatively
small, they had significant well-being effects for the
affected households. It is estimated that households’ losses
due to the April 2018 flood reached more than US$100
million, representing between 2-4 percent of the gross
domestic product of Dar es Salaam. Furthermore, poorer
households were less likely to recover from flood exposure.
The report finds that access to finance play an important
role in recovery for households. |
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Erman, Alvina Tariverdi, Mercedeh Obolensky, Marguerite Chen, Xiaomeng Vincent, Rose Camille Malgioglio, Silvia Rentschler, Jun Hallegatte, Stephane Yoshida, Nobuo |
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Erman, Alvina Tariverdi, Mercedeh Obolensky, Marguerite Chen, Xiaomeng Vincent, Rose Camille Malgioglio, Silvia Rentschler, Jun Hallegatte, Stephane Yoshida, Nobuo |
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Erman, Alvina |
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Wading Out the Storm : The Role of Poverty in Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience to Floods in Dar es Salaam |
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Wading Out the Storm : The Role of Poverty in Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience to Floods in Dar es Salaam |
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Wading Out the Storm : The Role of Poverty in Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience to Floods in Dar es Salaam |
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Wading Out the Storm : The Role of Poverty in Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience to Floods in Dar es Salaam |
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Wading Out the Storm : The Role of Poverty in Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience to Floods in Dar es Salaam |
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wading out the storm : the role of poverty in exposure, vulnerability and resilience to floods in dar es salaam |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/788241565625141093/Wading-Out-the-Storm-The-Role-of-Poverty-in-Exposure-Vulnerability-and-Resilience-to-Floods-in-Dar-Es-Salaam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32269 |
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