Urbanization Dynamics and Its Impact on Natural Resources

NEWSLETTER word URBANISATION DYNAMICS AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE do OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN MOSHI KILIMANJARO, TANZANIA By Isaac Kazungu1 and Maulid Bwabo2 half the worlds population like a shot live in built-up aras, with an estimated 60 trillion people being added every course of study (World Bank population Index report, 2010). This fast urban step-up leads to environmental adulteration and excessive demands on services, infrastructure and using up of vivid resource in speedily urbanising cities of the world, Moshi inclusive. Resource degradation, energy consumption, conflicts on he pulmonary tuberculosis of resources has increased drastically. To address this a three (3) years labour titled LUNA (Livelihoods, urbanisation, Natural Resources in Africa) financed by Volkswagen buttocks of Germany established within Five African Countries, namely Tanzania (Moshi), Cameroon (Bamenda), Botswana (Palapye), Cote dIvoire (Tyasale) and South Africa (Phalaborwa-Limpopo, and Que enstownEastern Cape). It started in 2009 and aimed at analysing the bear on of urbanisation on the use of natural resources and livelihoods in Africa. 1Isaac Kazungu is avail proofreader and Researchers working with the Department of market at Moshi University College of Cooperative and Business Studies (MUCCoBS). His chief(prenominal) argonas of interest acknowledge Agricultural merchandising, Marketing research, International trade, Livelihoods and Urbanization. He is a fraction of LUNA a team up of researchers from Five African countries and Germany undertaking a project on Urbanization and its impact on the use of Natural Resources in Africa. 2 Maulid Bwabo is accomplice Lecturer and Researchers in theDepartment of Marketing at Moshi University College of Cooperative and Business Studies (MUCCoBS). Among the other disciplines, he specialises in Food crops marketing, Strategic marketing review and Marketing audit. He is similarly a extremity of LUNA a team of researche rs from Five African countries and Germany undertaking a project on Urbanization and its impact on the use of Natural Resources in Africa In Tanzania the project was undertaken in Moshi Municipality on the slope of Mountain Kilimanjaro-the highest Mountain in Africa. It explored nine (9) settlements in both rban and peri-urban areas of the metropolis. These settlements include Mweka, Uru, Kibosho, Karanga, Kwa sadala, Pasua Matindigani, Pasua Kanisani, Kiusa, Uchira Mashingia. Livelihoods and settlements characteristics, resource availability and utilisation, settlement exploitation dynamics and challenges, economic activities and geographical locations are some remarkable areas explored. The result of the project built on what researchers explore nigh the problem, their insights and values using both turn up based and reflections. The results spin on paltry enforcement of urban outgrowth policies, rban agricultural harvest-feast additions and branding, promotion of tradition al crops which enhance livelihoods of the unretentive resource and disadvantaged groups, harassment of the city authority, conflicts on the use of water infrastructure, danger to land tenure, difficulties in capitalisation of pecuniary institutions mortgages and marketing informations. Others include inadequate crosswise and vertical linkages of local communities, associations and interested parties, pay considerations, changing of the peoples brain of farmers in production process and partnerships, fragmentation ofAfrican land use planning system, member based transformation efforts from informality to formality, short governance. Likely, the question of ill staff in planning department and structural conflicts are some remarkable policy and hardheaded development, which are potential for policy preparation and improvement for our area development. Key issues mention during this investigation calls for policy interventions and alternative on the reality. In additional, networking, capacity building on which young scientists (2 Master students from MUCCoBS) were trained through with(predicate) this project.NEWSLETTER ARTICLE of urbanisation and the use of natural resources within a planned and sustainable way to enhance residents in growth and their development processes. Notwithstanding, the project creates a safe(p) link of development cooperation between the mating and South, which is among the countrys policy development agenda. LUNA team-Tanzania, left to right Bwabo, Dr. Wakuru Magigi and Isaac Kazungu (Photo by Takemore Chogomoka) Issues far-famed during the project exploration are central to different actors interested in Urban development and poverty reduction in rapidly rbanising cities. These actors include giving medication, development partners, local communities/co-operators, non-governmental organisations, higher learning institutions, local government authorities and policy makers. The finding may be addressed for enhancing t he link Acknowledgements Dr. Wakuru Magigi-LUNA country coordinator, Urban planner and Senior Lecturer MUCCoBS, Volkswagen Stiftung Foundation, the management of MZUMBE University and MUCCoBS. Contactsemailprotected com, emailprotected com Web http//www. luna-project. uni-freiburg. de/ http//www. muccobs. ac. tz