Geomorphological evaluation of land environmental condition and ethnopedological land use in agricultural areas in Kenya

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25300008
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: OTSUKI Yoshinori 東北大学, 理学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (00272013)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): UEDA GEN 一橋大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 教授 (10241514) ; SASAKI AKIHIKO 信州大学, 理学部, 研究員 (20608848)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ケニア / 地形変化 / 土地条件 / 農業 / 環境認識

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the tropical highlands and semi-arid to subhumid areas, central Kenya, we clarified landform change rates, their time scale, and types of slope processes, and pointed out disappearance of geomorphological index showing landform changes by farming. The hydrological and geomorphological conditions in the coastal area of the Victoria Lake are revealed, which support high frequency of groundwater use. Moreover in the semi-arid pastoral area, Laikipia Plateau, we also made clear short/long term landform changes due to large-scale gully formation and people's natural resource use.

Free Research Field

地形学、自然地理学、環境地理学