• Exploring the Socio-Economic Drivers of Housing Location Choices in Informal Settlements 

  Mubibu, Moses (Ardhi university, 2023)

  This study examined the socio-economic drivers for housing location choices by femaleheaded households in the informal settlements of Kampala city. The key issue that prompted the carrying out of this study was the ...
• Assessing Households Perception of High Rise Residential Accommodation: The Case of High Rise Buildings in Ilala Municipality 

  Bogama, Isack (Ardhi University, 2015)

  Dar es salaam has increased rapidly, and the high-rise buildings are also increasing in number every year. The most common high rise buildings are the commercial ones, but recently investors have turned part of their ...
• Reducing Impact of Land Degradation in Tanzania: Do Incentive Market Based Mechanisms Work for Sustainable Land Management? 

  Silas, Shemdoe Riziki (Journal of Sustainable Development, 2014)

  Governments have traditionally relied on public budgets, bilateral and multilateral cooperation to support sustainable land management (SLM) activities. However, it is becoming evident that such support will not be sufficient ...
• Drought Pattern along the Coastal Forest Zone of Tanzania 

  Hassan, Iddi H.; Mdemu, Makarius V.; Shemdoe, Riziki S.; Stordal, Frode (Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 2014)

  This study focused on identifying drought patterns particularly during the growing seasons along the coastal zone of Tanzania in order to facilitate the determination of drought impacts on forest Ecosystem. The growing ...
• Urban Morphological Determinants of Temperature Regulating Ecosystem Services in Two African Cities 

  Cavan, Gina; Lindley, Sarah; Jalayer, Fatemeh; Yeshitela, Kumelachew; Pauleit, Stephan; Renner, Florian; Gill, Susannah; Capuano, Paolo; Nebebe, Alemu; Woldegerima, Tekle; Kibassa, Deusdedit; Shemdoe, Riziki (Ecological indicators, 2014)

  Urban green infrastructure provides important regulating ecosystem services, such as temperature and flood regulation, and thus, has the potential to increase the resilience of African cities to climate change. Differing ...
• Challenges and Opportunities in Implementations of Environmental Health Policy Framework: The Case of Cholera Outbreak in Kinondoni Municipality 

  Selemani, Hissolo Daudi (Ardhi University, 2018)

  Despite the presence of programmes and policies, cholera outbreak is a challenge in Kinondoni Municipality, Some cases and deaths have been repeated in recent. This study analyzed the Environmental Health Policy framework ...
• Challenges and Opportunities for Community Participation in Monitoring and Evaluation of Government Projects in Tanzania: Case of TASAF II, Bagamoyo District. 

  Iddi, Bakari; Nuhu, Said (Journal of Public Policy and Administration, 2018)

  Community participation has become a critical concept, and it has greatly grown its importance in development policy and programmes. It is noted that it is important not only in assessing the needs, planning and implementation ...
• Women Empowerment in Architectural Research in Tanzania 

  Nguluma, Huba; Mtani, Isabela (International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education (IJHSSE), 2018)

  This paper examines development of architecture profession worldwide and in Tanzania. It highlights the relationship between research and architecture with main concern on the role of research in the field of architecture ...
• Are Health Care Facilities and Programs in Western Uganda Encouraging or Discouraging Men's Participation in Maternal and Child Health Care? 

  Muheirwe, Florence; Nuhu, Said (International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2018)

  Introduction: In patriarchal communities, men are in control of health care decisions of their families. As spouses, their health status impacts on the health of their partners and children as well. The participation of ...
• Peri-Urban Land Governance in Developing Countries: Understanding the Role, Interaction and Power Relation among Actors in Tanzania 

  Nuhu, Said (In Urban Forum, 2019)

  Peri-urban land governance in Tanzania and other developing countries is shaped by divergent or complimentary roles of actors emanating from their authority, power and interest which create a complex relationship affecting ...
• Land Access Systems in Peri-urban Areas in Tanzania: Perspectives from Actors 

  Nuhu, Said (International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2019)

  Peri-urban land access in Tanzania is adversely embroiled in a dual system that is both formal and informal. Each system is driven by different actors with diverging interests. This paper aims at demonstrating views of the ...
• Women Participation in the Construction Industry: Lessons from Tanzania 

  Nguluma, Huba; Eliufoo, Harriet (International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), 2019)

  The purpose of this paper is to share findings on the involvement of women and division of labour in construction sites. This paper used empirical evidence from thirteen case studies conducted in Dodoma and Dar es Salaam ...
• Predicaments of Accessing Rental Housing by People with Physical Disability in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 

  Nguluma, Huba M.; Magina, Fredrick (Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2019)

  This paper presents study findings regarding private rental housing in urban settlements in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania with specific reference to people with physical disabilities especially the lame and handicapped. The major ...
• Vulnerability Analysis of Building Structures to Floods: The Case of Flooding Informal Settlements in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 

  Kikwasi, Geraldine; Mbuya, Elinorata (International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 2019)

  Purpose – There is evidence of increasing urban floods being aftermath of climate change. The purpose of this paper is to present findings-related analysis of vulnerability of building structures in informal settlements ...
• Exploring the Head versus Tail-end Dichotomy on Yield and Farm Incomes in Smallholder Irrigation Schemes in Tanzania 

  Manero, Ana; Wheeler, Sarah Ann; Zuo, Alec; Mdemu, Makarius (Water Resources Research, 2019)

  Variations in water supply and their impact on farm production in smallholder irrigation schemes are often associated with the location of irrigators at either the head or tail‐end, with tail‐enders usually considered to ...
• The Institutional Challenges and Opportunities for Adopting Landscape-Based Storm Water Management Options in Informal Settlements - Dar Es Salaam City 

  Limbumba, Tatu Mtwangi; Herslund, Lisa B.; Kombe, Wilbard J. (Journal of Sustainable Development, 2019)

  Increased flooding caused by climate change impacts is a challenge for many cities both in developing and developed countries. The existing storm water drainage systems in place have to be physically constructed and expanded ...
• Socio-ecological Resilience to Climate Change Effects in Peri-urban Areas: Insights from the Pugu and Kazimzumbwi Forest Reserves of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 

  Mngumi, Lazaro Eliyah (GeoJournal, 2019)

  This article is exploring socio-ecological system adaptive capacities for building resilience to climate change effects in the peri-urban belt of Dar es Salaam, at the Pugu and Kazimzumbwi forest reserves. Three selected ...
• Accommodation Status and Gender Based Analysis at Public Universities in Tanzania: Case of Ardhi University 

  Mtani, Isabella Wilfred (Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2019)

  Higher education institutions in Tanzania like many other developing countries are facing various challenges. Among other things, the increase of enrollments, does not comply with quantity of accommodations in public ...
• Men’s Participation in Maternal and Child Health Care in Western Uganda: Perspectives from the Community 

  Muheirwe, Florence; Nuhu, Said (BMC Public Health, 2019)

  Background: Participation of men in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) is crucial for the reduction of infant and maternal mortality. Men may be influential in making health care decisions that may affect their female ...
• The Dynamics of the Relationship between Household Decision-Making and Farm Household Income in Small-scale Irrigation Schemes in Southern Africa, 

  Bjornlund, Henning; Zuo, Alec; Wheeler, Sarah Ann; Parry, Karen; Pittock, Jamie; Mdemu, Makarius; Moyo, Martin (Agricultural Water Management, 2019)

  Irrigation has been promoted as a strategy to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods in southern Africa. Households’ livelihood strategies within small-scale irrigation schemes have become increasingly complex and ...

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