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Let My Cattle Go Thirsty? : Exploring Resource Access and Visualizing the Space-Time Dimensions of Pastoral Mobility in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania

Lovell, Eric J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1312921942

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2011, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Geography (Arts and Sciences).
Pastoralism is one of the most efficient livelihood production systems to cope with the non-equilibrium system that characterizes the semi-arid and arid regions of East Africa. However, Maasai pastoralists occupying the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania have faced many sociopolitical changes that have interfered with their ability to remain mobile and access resources on a daily basis. As climate change is expected in the form of increased variability and more frequent and prolonged extreme climatic events, such as droughts, these social transformations are placing the Maaasai in an uncertain position. This research investigates the changes that have occurred to resource access and mobility among the Maasai over the past 50 years. Using a mixed-methodology, changes in the spatial and temporal dimensions of resource access and mobility are examined. This research then employs a temporally enhanced GIS to geovisualize responses to droughts. Analysis indicates that daily patterns of mobility are constricting due to landscape fragmentation, while the mobility patterns taken in response to extreme climatic events are expanding due to both severity and the opportunities of the 21st century.
Gaurav Sinha, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Edna Wangui, Dr. (Committee Co-Chair)
Thomas Smucker, Dr. (Committee Member)
Daniel Weiner, Dr. (Committee Member)
228 p.
Geography
pastoralism; Maasai; Tanzania; GIScience; human-environment; political ecology; time-space; natural resources; pastoral mobility

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  • Lovell, E. J. (2011). Let My Cattle Go Thirsty? : Exploring Resource Access and Visualizing the Space-Time Dimensions of Pastoral Mobility in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1312921942

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lovell, Eric. Let My Cattle Go Thirsty? : Exploring Resource Access and Visualizing the Space-Time Dimensions of Pastoral Mobility in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. 2011. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1312921942.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lovell, Eric. "Let My Cattle Go Thirsty? : Exploring Resource Access and Visualizing the Space-Time Dimensions of Pastoral Mobility in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1312921942

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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