Justice deficits in climate-risk adaptation

Addressing climate risks through local adaptation measures presents complex challenges which are intertwined with potential economic, environmental, and social injustices. This complexity is extremely evident in the case of the Msimbazi River Basin in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where seemingly positive flood adaptation measures affected land holders unequally. The Msimbazi River regularly floods and exposes the residents who are largely living in unplanned settlements along the river to health and livelihood risks.

This blog delves into the procedural and distributive injustices brought forth by the Msimbazi Basin Development Project (formerly the Msimbazi Opportunity Plan), a project originally created to address the constant and destructive flooding of the river by redeveloping the most flood-prone areas and compensating land holders in the area. The execution of these plans proved to be problematic as landholders were compensated far less than what their land value was and were not listened to during the process of the Project. The blog further explores the procedural and distributive injustices in the case of the Msimbazi River.

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