Surviving pastoral decline : pastoral sedentarisation, natural resource management and livelihood diversification in Marsabit District, Northern Kenya Deel: *Vol. I*

Surviving pastoral decline : pastoral sedentarisation, natural resource management and livelihood diversification in Marsabit District, Northern Kenya Deel: Vol. I

Authors	K.M. Witsenburg A.W. Roba
Supervisors	A.J. Dietz
Cosupervisors	M.A. Mohamed Salih C.A. Perrings
Award date	21-10-2004
Number of pages	811
Organisations	Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Document type	PhD thesis
Note	Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Cover Titlepage Contents List of tables List of figures List of boxes List of appendices Foreword Part one Background to this study Part one Beckground to this study 1 Dynamics in pastoral livelihoods: sedentarisation, agro-pastoralism and changes in natural resource management in Northern Kenya 2 Theoretical orientation: the components of pastoral livelihoods 3 Methodology used 4 Introduction to the study area 5 Settling on the slopes of Marsabit Mountain Part two Resources and resource dynamics 6 Acquisition of land on Marsabit Mountain 7 Household animal holdings in Marsabit 8 Water access, use and management 9 The Marsabit Montane forest and its resources: the importance of reconciling conservation and livelihood values of the forest ecosystem Part three Livestock-based livelihood strategies 10 Livestock production and trade 11 Herd sharing, herd diversification and herd transfers: the animal trust system as an indigenous social institution of self-insurance 12 Farming on Marsabit Mountain 13 Household use of forest and woody vegetation resources 14 Livelihood profiles on Marsabit Mountain Part four Discussion and synthesis 15 Forest cover and water-yield linkages: an economic approach to indirect functions of Marsabit Forest Reserve 16 Rangeland resources: the rangeland debate, livestock assets and shock effects 17 Ethnic violence and scarcity of resources: is there evidence of a causal relationship? 18 Summary and conclusions References Samenvatting Cover
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