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2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

An analysis of regional system and scale gap issues regarding rural livelihood in North-eastern Tanzania

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 23401036
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section海外学術
Research Field Human geography
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

UEDA Gen  東北大学, 環境科学研究科, 准教授 (10241514)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) IKENO Jun  京都大学, 大学院・アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 教授 (40293930)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) OTSUKI Yoshinori  東北大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 助教 (00272013)
Project Period (FY) 2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords地域システム / 農村生計 / 農村景観 / 空間スケール / 土地利用 / 空隙性 / タンザニア
Research Abstract

This study analysed the landscape structure of the regional system, which mediates livelihood at the household level and economic factors at the national level, avoiding the problem, often found in the study and governance of rural Africa, of the scale gap among observations at different scales, and of the mismatch between the scales of observation on the one hand, and explanation and management on the other. It applied local lacunarity analysis to high-resolution satellite images of Mount Meru, and illuminated 1) the landscape structure by up-scaling landscape information derived at the micro scale, 2) characteristics of landscape elements through the analysis of scaling information, and 3) geometrical properties of the extracted landscape elements. The landscape structure at the meso and regional scale is expected to serve as fundamental information that is useful for wider and regional investigation of micro household processes including land inheritance and subdivision.

  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2013 2012

All Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Local Lacunarity Analysis of Agricultural Landscape Image in Northeastern Tanzania2013

    • Author(s)
      Gen Ueda
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of Global Geospatial Conference 2013

      Pages: 1-18

  • [Presentation] Local lacunarity Analysis of Agricultural Landscape Image in Northeastern Tanzania2013

    • Author(s)
      Gen Ueda
    • Organizer
      Global Geospatial Conference 2013 (AfricaGIS 2013 and GSDI 14)
    • Place of Presentation
      アディスアベバ, エチオピア
    • Year and Date
      20131104-08
  • [Presentation] Bridging the scale gap : macro economic impacts of liberalisation on the regional system of local livelihood in rural Tanzania2012

    • Author(s)
      Gen Ueda
    • Organizer
      Conference of Irish Geographers
    • Place of Presentation
      ダブリン, アイルランド
    • Year and Date
      20120525-27
  • [Presentation] タンザニア北東部における農地被覆画像の空隙性解析2012

    • Author(s)
      上田 元
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2012年大会
    • Place of Presentation
      千葉市
    • Year and Date
      2012-05-23

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Published: 2015-06-25  

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