Re-Interpreting the Relationship Between Water and Urban Planning: The Case of Dar Es Salaam

Maria Chiara Pastore is a post-doctoral fellow and course instructor at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Her research and professional interests regard the relation between the development of water and sanitation systems and urban environments, urban planning in Africa and adaptive planning in relation to rapidly growing cities. She is a consultant to the World Bank (DRR) in Malawi.