The Tanzania/Kenya coastal zone project was one of four sites that were selected by the Global Information for Sustainable Development (GISD) initiative. The Tanzania/Kenya project applied Landsat data and GIS technologies for coastal resource management. The objectives of the project included to:

• Analyze rates of resource and land use change over time over approximately 10 years: 1990 to 2000
• Answer key management questions about shoreline change,
  mangrove and coastal forest change, and urban growth
• Build capacity for the use of science and spatial information in management
• Identify priority locations for coastal action planning and conservation
• Develop local-level coastal management action plans
• Plan monitoring strategies and assess effectiveness of resource management policies
• Delineate management boundaries and support appropriate development decisions.

Please click to examine the examples of land cover maps of the Rufiji District in 1990 and 2000.

Please click for the project Presentation and publications in Coastal Management and Marine Geodesy.

For more details please contact: 

Dr. Y.Q. Wang, Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island

Dr. James Tobey, The Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island

Vedast Makota, National Environment Management Council, Tanzania