Doctoral theses

Salla Eilola (2020). Village landscape from near and far: Participatory geospatial methods to integrate local knowledge into formal land use planning in Tanzania. Annales Universitatis Turkuensis All 370. Doctoral thesis (article-based). Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku.

Lauri Hooli (2016). Adaptability, Transformation and Complex Changes in Namibia and Tanzania: Resilience and Innovation System Developmentin Local Communities. Annales Universitatis Turkuensis All 321. Doctoral thesis (article-based). Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku.

Zahor, K. Zahor (2014) Determinants of forest change and their implication on the people’s livelihood in Ngezi area, Micheweni District, Pemba. Doctoral thesis (monograph, unpublished). Department of Geography, University of Dar es Salaam.

Nora Fagerholm (2012). Community inhabitants’ values and benefits in dynamic tropical forest landscapes – Participation and spatial analysis in landscape knowledge integration. Annales Universitatis Turkuensis All 272. Doctoral thesis (article-based). Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku.

Toni Haapanen (2011): Rural food system change inTanzania during the post-ujamaa era. A case study from Western Bagamoyo District.  Annales Universitatis Turkuensis A II 265. Doctoral thesis (monograph). Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku.Master’s theses:

Master theses

Ilona Aalto (2020). Using time series analysis to monitor deforestation dynamics in Miombo woodlands in Southern Highlands of Tanzania. MSc thesis. Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku. 

Anniina Haaranen (2019). Yritysvetoinen kehitysyhteistyö – Tapaustutkimuksena Suomen BEAM-ohjelma. MSc thesis (in Finnish). Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku. 

Pitzen, Samuli (2019). Human-nature relationships and pro-environmental behaviour : lessons from rural Zanzibari villages. MSc thesis. Department of Social Research, University of Turku.

Arki, Vesa (2017). Exploring value-landscape associations in the Tanzanian Southern Highlands. MSc thesis. Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku. 

Mzee, Abbas J (2016). Developing land and vegetation change monitoring scheme at landscape scale for Zanzibar. MSc thesis. Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku.

Laitinen, Anni (2016). Tiedon tila-ajalliset jalostamisprosessit suomalaisessa kehitysyhteistyössä – Tapaustutkimuksena ZAN–SDI-hanke Sansibarilla. MSc thesis (in Finnish). Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku. 

Ojala, Minna-Liina (2015). Another Day at the Beach. Everyday Rhythms of Place and Bodies, Experienced at a Tourism-influenced Beach in Zanzibar, Tanzania. MSc thesis. Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku.

Pulkkinen, Elisa (2015). Sadannan alueellinen vaihtelu Ungujalla (Sansibar, Tansania). MSc thesis (in Finnish). Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku

Metsälä, Heidi (2014). Kestävä matkailu Sansibarilla : vastuullisten majoitusyritysten tavoitteet, markkinointi ja toiminta. MSc thesis (in Finnish). Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku.

Kukkonen, Markus (2013). Forest cover and its changes in Unguja Island, Zanzibar. MSc thesis. Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku.

Eilola Salla (2012). Assessment of Agroecosystem Health at Local Scales: a Case Study from Unguja Island, Zanzibar. MSc thesis. Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku.

Erasto, Nestory Yamungu (2012). Impact of land use/cover change on community livelihoods. The case of Masingini Forest reserve. Department of Geography, University of Dar es Salaam. 

Klein, Robert (2008). The Edaphic Landscape of Unguja Island, Zanzibar. MSc thesis. Department of Geography, University of Turku.

Makandi, Harun (2008). Mapping cropland preferences of the village communities of Unguja, Zanzibar. MSc thesis. Department of Geography, University of Turku.

Juntunen, Sanna (2008). Rural Livelihoods and Community Lifeworlds – Examining Village Economies and Individual Livelihood Strategies in Unguja, Zanzibar. MSc thesis. Department of Geography, University of Turku.

Mustelin, Johanna (2007). Tourism, Resource Access and Power’s Modalities in Zanzibar, Tanzania. MSc thesis. Department of Geography, University of Turku

Orjala, Mika (2006). Lifeworlds and its Reflections in Rural Communities – The Interaction Between an Individual, a Village Community and Nature on the Island of Unguja in Zanzibar. MSc thesis. Department of Geography, University of Turku.

Mhache, Emmanuel (2005). Impacts of Tree Planting on the Livelihoods of Communities in Unguja Island, Zanzibar. MSc thesis. University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.