2019
DOI: 10.4236/gep.2019.79013
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Repercussions of Improved Municipal Solid Waste Management on Flood Risk Reduction: The Case of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Abstract: Indisputably, flooding is one of the predicaments that have plagued many countries throughout the world. Consequently, Improvement of Municipal Solid Waste Management-(MSWM) has recently become one of the ways that is believed to help in reducing the impact of flooding. Following the fact that Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital, has nearly 5 million inhabitants and several of the wards are in flood-prone areas, the City authorities introduced new models of MSWM by incorporating public-private partnership as… Show more

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“…Contrary to the situation in the city of Limbe (Cameroon) where waste disposal is solely the responsibility of the municipal council and a contracted agent – a non-governmental organisation (NGO), the situation is different in other cities in Africa like Dar es Salaam in Tanzania (Sakijege 2019 ). The Tanzanian model employs a public-private sector partnership in MSWM.…”
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confidence: 96%
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“…Contrary to the situation in the city of Limbe (Cameroon) where waste disposal is solely the responsibility of the municipal council and a contracted agent – a non-governmental organisation (NGO), the situation is different in other cities in Africa like Dar es Salaam in Tanzania (Sakijege 2019 ). The Tanzanian model employs a public-private sector partnership in MSWM.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…However, the challenges in MSWM in Maputo is different from that in Limbe, as it rests on inadequate understanding and communication between two very different waste management perspectives: a Western and/or neoliberal and formal system of collection on the one hand and the experiences, needs and perspectives of people in the informal settlements on the other hand (Tvedten & Candiracci 2018 ). Municipal solid waste management in developing countries has been and will continue to be problematic because many governments are not able to meet all the needs of the rapidly growing population (Sakijege 2019 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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