Demographic Trends, Settlement Patterns and Service provision in pastoral areas
Summary: This policy brief (synthesis paper) forms one of a series of six reports prepared under the ECHO-funded project on ‘Reducing the vulnerability of pastoral communities through policy and practice change in the Horn and East Africa’. The aim of the project is to raise awareness among planners and policy makers about the full potential of pastoral systems to make a significant contribution to the economies of the region. Each of the five six reports presents evidence-based research findings to overcome misconceptions and misunderstandings regarding particular aspects of pastoral livelihoods and highlights appropriate policy recommendations that favour pastoralist systems. The reports present evidence to help inform thinking in order that policy makers can keep abreast of new opportunities and threats in the rangelands. Pastoralist populations are growing due to many
and diverse factors. Pastoralists are being obliged
to inhabit more marginal rangelands, and some
are adapting their traditional livelihoods to gain
access to services and alternative livelihoods.
These trends in pastoralist demography, including
urbanisation, need to be part of the development
agenda so that these changes and their
consequences are taken account of in drylands
development.
Changes in population distribution have led to the
emergence and growth of urban and peri-urban
areas. Population growth in the arid and semi-arid
lands (ASALs) has meant an increase in urban
areas with insufficient basic infrastructure, inappropriate
urban planning and the appearance of
slum-like settlements.
Type: Policy Briefs
Sector: Development Policy
Theoretical Approach: Advocacy
Region: Africa
Filename: Demographic Syn paper crc.pdf (64 K)
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