Urban Community’s Participation in Conservation of Open Spaces: A Case of Dar es Salaam City

Ahmad Hassan; Felister Mombo

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Urban Community’s Participation in Conservation of Open Spaces: A Case of Dar es Salaam City

Ahmad Hassan, Felister Mombo

Published in International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Volume 2, Issue 1)

Received: 20 December 2016 Accepted: 5 January 2017 Published: 3 February 2017

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Abstract

Open spaces in cities like Dar es Salaam are facing problem of encroachment and conversion. Despite scholars’ recommendation on participatory approach in designing and execution of communities’ project to increase participation including Conservation of Open Spaces (COSP). The study used questionnaire survey and participatory approach tools to gather information. Results show that majority of the respondents are aware of specific types and functions of existing open spaces in the study area. In general, most respondents were willing to participate in COSP. Quality, benefits, education and duration of residence were factors positively influencing households’ willingness to participate in COSP.

Published in	International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Volume 2, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijnrem.20170201.12
Page(s)	9-19
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Keywords

Open Spaces, Encroachment, Conservation, Participation, Awareness, Household, Willingness

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Ahmad Hassan

Department of Forest Economics, Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
Felister Mombo

Department of Forest Economics, Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania

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Ahmad Hassan, Felister Mombo. Urban Community’s Participation in Conservation of Open Spaces: A Case of Dar es Salaam City. Int J Nat Resour Ecol Manag. 2017;2(1):9-19. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnrem.20170201.12

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