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Usage of indices for extraction of built-up areas and vegetation features from landsat TM image: a case of Dar es Salaam and Kisarawe peri-urban areas, Tanzania

Mwakapuja, Francis; Liwa, Evaristo; Kashaigili, Japhet (Scientific and Academic Publishing, 2013)

This paper address the use of Indices Combination with supervision classification methods to extract urban built up areas, vegetation and water features from Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM7) imagery covering Dar es Salaam and ...

Elemental and Isotopic compositions of organic carbon and nitrogen of recently deposited organic matter in empakai crater and its implication for climatic changes in northern Tanzania

Muzuka, ANN (University of Dar es Salaam, 2004-03)

Farmers' perception and adaptation to climate variability in selected districts of Morogoro region, Tanzania

Daninga, Philip Daniel (2015-08-14)

The thrust of this study was to discern perceptions of rural people about climate variations and assess their ability to adapt to the changes accordingly. The specific objectives were to: (i) assess farmers' perception ...

Policy climate change and marine and coastal environment in Tanzania

National Environment Management Council (NEMC) (United Nations Development Progamme (UNDP), 2014)

The coastline of Tanzania stretches over 800 kilometres from Tanga to Mtwara regions. Sustaining the marine and coastal environment is important in terms of economic improvement and the wellbeing of Tanzanians. It is rich ...

The Costs of Climate Change: A Study of Cholera in Tanzania

Trærup, Sara L. M; Ortiz, Ramon A; Markandya, Anil (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2011-11-28)

Increased temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns as a result of climate change are widely recognized to entail potentially serious consequences for human health, including an increased risk of diarrheal diseases. ...

Women, deforestation and wood fuel crisis: the case of Tanzania, Tanzania Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 5, No.2, 2004:53-72

Koda, Bertha (Istitute of Development Studies (University of Dar es Salaam), Institute of Development (Muhimbili College of Health Sciences) and Development Studies Institute, (Sokoine University of Agriculture), 2004-09)

The wood fuel crisis, which to a large extent is linked with deforestation, has largely been associated with women's role in the domestic domain. Likewise, a big portion of the initiatives taken to redress the crisis has ...

With or Without Community Participation: A Lesson from Joint Forest Management in the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania

Sangeda, Anthony Z; Abdallah, Jumanne M; Kajembe, George C; Luoga, Emmanuel J; Hofstad, Ole (2015-08-14)

Participation is now a dominant conservation narrative in Tanzania as the government is advocating partnership with local communities through Joint Forest Management (JFM). However, conservationists claim that participation ...

A forest resources co-management strategy for Tanzania: A study of west Usambara high canopy forests

Rugumamu, William (University of Dar es Salaam, 2001)

History reveals that for rural communities in the tropics, forestlands management has been, and still is, part and parcel of rural livelihoods-caring for trees for present and future generations. Forest tenurial systems ...

Climatic and Socio-Economic Influences on Malaria and Cholera Risks in the Lake Victoria Region of Tanzania

Yanda, P. Z; Kangalawe, R. Y. M; Sigalla, R. J (AIACC Working Papers, 2005-06)

This paper examines the relationships between socio-economic characteristics, vulnerability, and adaptation to climate-induced malaria and cholera in the Lake Victoria region, Tanzania. It focuses on the Biharamulo and ...

Livelihoods, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in the Morogoro region, Tanzania

Paavola, Jouni (Econstor, 2004)

This paper examines livelihood responses to climate variability and other stressors in the Morogoro region in south-eastern Tanzania, with an aim to understand the implications of these responses to adapting to changing ...

Guidelines for cultivation of pyrethrum for smallholder farmers

Malimbwi, Rogers Ernest; Zahabu, Eliakimu; Katani, Josiah Zephania; Mugasha, Wilson; Mwembe, Uhuru; Luvanga, Ibrahimu A.; Sunga, David S. (2013)

In Makete district there is high dependence of farmers on woodlot management for generating income as an adaptation strategy to climate change. However, most farmers are forced to sell immature trees and fail to tend their ...

Local Knowledge on the Influence of land use/cover changes and conservation threats on Avian community in the Kilombero Wetlands, Tanzania

Ntongani, W. A.; More, S. R.; Kashaigili, J. J.; Munishi, P. K. T. (Scientific Research, 2014-09)

Local knowledge of the history and ecology of wetland ecosystems is very useful in wetland re- sources management, especially when other historical ecological information is not available and can be integrated with ...

Human impact on the headwater environment in the Uporoto Highlands, Tanzania

Sokoni, Cosmas H. (Geographical Association of Tanzania, University of Dar es Salaam, 2014-11)

Headwater catchments are often perceived to be remote and peripheral, and are therefore neglected, least developed and economically backward. However, changes in headwater regions have repercussions far beyond their ...

What climate services do farmers and pastoralists need in Tanzania? Baseline study for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa

Coulibaly, Jeanne Y.; Mango, Joash; Swamila, Martha; Tall, Arame; Kaur, Harneet; Hansen, James (CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), 2015)

This report presents final findings from the baseline data collection exercise conducted for Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. The GFCS programme, having a focus on agriculture, ...

Climate change challenges to accounting

Ramírez, Constancio Zamora; González, José María González (Scientific Research Publishing, 2013)

Low carbon economy is causing the implementation and development of carbon markets that affect an increasing or- ganizations number. These markets entail new challenges to accounting practitioners. The aim of this paper ...

An integrated and evolutionary dynamical systems view of climate complexity

Ortíz, Walter Ritter; Cruz, Lorena (Scientific Research Publishing, 2012)

The Earth shows a constant display of an organized complexity system, and its intrinsic capacity for sporadic self-or- ganization constitutes its fundamental and profound mysterious property. A graphical method derived ...

Diversity and distribution of Avifauna resource: a case of Lake Burigi wetland, North Western Tanzania

Mutagwaba, Severinus Justinian (Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), 2010)

Lake Burigi wetland forms part of Burigi Game Reserve (GR) hence an important water source for wildlife. Besides, it is connected to trans-boundary ecosystems in northern Tanzania and constitutes the Burigi-Biharamulo ...

Effects of elephant feeding on species of acacia along the Great Ruaha River in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

Qolli, Stephano Niima (Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), 2011)

This study compared the effects of elephant browsing and response between Acacia tortilis and A. kirkii in Ruaha National Park. A total of 30 belt transects were randomly placed in an area of 38.8 km2 on the northern ...

Potentials and constraints of eco-tourism in improving nature conservation and livelihoods: the case of Amani Nature Reserve, Tanzania

Shoo, Rehema Abeli (Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), 2009)

Amani Nature Reserve (ANR), which is within the Eastern Arc Mountains, is well known for its biological and ecological values. Eco-tourism is being practiced in the reserve. However, despite the fact that eco-tourism has ...

Effects of human disturbances on endemic and threatened plant species in Amani Nature Reserve, Tanga region

Killenga, Raymond Roman (Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), 2007)

This study was carried out in Amani Nature Reserve (ANR), Tanga Region, Tanzania to assess the effects of human disturbances on endemic and threatened plant species. Both socio-economic and ecological aspects of human ...

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