Social and Ecological System Dynamics

1. Socioeconomic System Characteristics and Land Use

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 281-281

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   2. Demographic Characteristics of the Lake Tana Basin

      • Mesfin Anteneh

      Pages 283-292

   3. Gender and Rural Livelihood in the Lake Tana Basin

      • Sewmehon Demissie, Azanaw Abebe

      Pages 293-311

   4. Examining the Characteristics of Stakeholders in Lake Tana Sub-basin Resource Use, Management and Governance

      • Dessalegn M. Ketema, Nicholas Chisholm, Patrick Enright

      Pages 313-346

   5. Lake Tana Subbasin’s Economy and the Role of Natural Resources

      • Daregot Berihun

      Pages 347-355

   6. Land Use Distribution and Change in Lake Tana Sub Basin

      • Amare Sewnet Minale, Wubneh Belete

      Pages 357-373

   7. Agriculture in the Lake Tana Sub-basin of Ethiopia

      • Merkuz Abera

      Pages 375-397

   8. Challenges and Opportunities for Increased Farm Animal Productivity in the Lake Tana Sub-Basin

      • Kefyalew Alemayehu, Asaminew Tassew

      Pages 399-415

   9. Urban Areas and Planning in the Lake Tana Region

      • Genet Gebreegziabher

      Pages 417-429

2. Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 431-431

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   2. Environmental Protection in the Lake Tana Basin

      • Solomon Addisu Legesse

      Pages 433-452

   3. Institutional Analysis of Environmental Resource Management in Lake Tana Sub-basin

      • Belachew Getenet, Berihun Tefera

      Pages 453-477

   4. Land Use and Watershed Management Practices in Lake Tana Basin

      • Wubneh Belete Abebe, Amare Sewnet Minale

      Pages 479-521

   5. Establishment of the Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve within the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves

      • Ellen Kalmbach

      Pages 523-544

   6. Water-Induced Shift of Farming Systems and Value Addition in Lake Tana Sub-basin: The Case of Rice Production and Marketing in Fogera District, Northwestern Ethiopia

      • Berihun Tefera

      Pages 545-562

   7. Trends and Driving Forces of Eucalyptus Plantation by Smallholders in the Lake Tana Watershed of Ethiopia

      • Berihun Tefera, Habtemariam Kassa

      Pages 563-580

   8. Waste Management in Lake Tana Basin—Case of Rapidly Urbanizing Bahir Dar City

      • Biruk Abate, Goraw Goshu

      Pages 581-593

3. Synthesis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 595-595

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   2. Problems, Efforts and Future Directions of Natural Resources Management in Western Amhara Region of the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia: Review

      • Yihenew G. Selassie

      Pages 597-613

   3. Participatory System Dynamics Mapping for Collaboration and Socioecological Integration in the Lake Tana Region

      • Krystyna Stave, Birgit Kopainsky, Mesfin Anteneh, Abebe Ameha Mengistu, Mesenbet Yibeltal Sebhat, Shimelis Aynalem et al.

      Pages 615-630

This book is a social—ecological system description and feedback analysis of the Lake Tana Basin, the headwater catchment of the Upper Blue Nile River.  This basin is an important local, national, and international resource, and concern about its sustainable development is growing at many levels.  Lake Tana Basin outflows of water, sediments, nutrients, and contaminants affect water that flows downstream in the Blue Nile across international boundaries into the Nile River; the lake and surrounding land have recently been proposed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve; the basin has been designated as a key national economic growth corridor in the Ethiopian Growth and Transformation Plan.  In spite of the Lake Tana Basin’s importance, there is no comprehensive, integrated, system-wide description of its characteristics and dynamics that can serve as a basis for its sustainable development.  This book presents both the social and ecological characteristics of the region and an integrated, system-wide perspective of the feedback links that shape social and ecological change in the basin.  Finally, it summarizes key research needs for sustainable development.

• Ethiopia
• Lake Tana Basin
• Upper Blue Nile
• Ecology
• Sustainability
• Environmental Geography

• School of Public Policy and Leadership, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA

  Krystyna Stave

• Blue Nile Water Institute and College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

  Goraw Goshu

• Blue Nile Water Institute and College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

  Shimelis Aynalem

Krystyna Stave, Ph.D., Professor University of Nevada Las Vegas, USAGoraw Goshu, Director, Blue Nile Water Institute, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Shimelis Aynalem, Research Associate, Blue Nile Water Institute, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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