The ACC Dar project aims to improve the effectiveness of municipal initiatives in Dar es Salaam for
supporting the efforts of coastal peri-urban dwellers, who are partially or totally dependent on natural
resources, to adapt to Climate Change (CC) impacts. More specifically, the action will enhance the
capacities of Dar's municipalities by increasing their understanding of adaptation practices and by
providing them with enhanced methodologies for mainstreaming adaptation into their Urban
Development and Environment Management (UDEM) strategies and plans. The achievement of these
objectives will contribute to the overall goal of improving implementation of the National Adaptation
Programme of Action (NAPA) of the United Republic of Tanzania.
The present report presents the results of Activity 2.1 of the Project, which focuses on the
development of methodologies for monitoring Land Cover Changes (LCC) in the Dar es Salaam
region. In fact, LCC in the form of urban sprawl is considered a non-climatic factor that could amplify
climate change impacts while reducing people‘s adaptive capacity in coastal peri-urban areas of Dar
es Salaam, thus worsening the vulnerability of the growing population living there.
Activity 2.1 draws upon the results from the household survey conducted in 2011 (Activity 1.2) and the
participatory workshops held at the community level in 2012 (Activity 1.3), both aiming at exploring the
peri-urban lifestyles of people living within the coastal plain as well as their strategies for coping with
major changes in their living environment. Meanwhile, the activity reported here represents the first
step in the process of developing a methodology for the participatory design of institutional adaptation
initiatives, which is the ultimate goal of Work Package 2 of the Project.