Academic Research - ARC386
- Quinn Vamosi
- Jan 17, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 19, 2024
This research project focused on highlighting the transitions that occurred in the formation of Zanzibar’s terrain from past to future. Using academic sources, scientific journals and geological data, research informed the design of graphics to communicate these findings in three concise timelines highlighting the past, current and predicted changes taking place on the terrain of this island overtime teaching viewers about trends, human development and geographical formation of the land.
This infographic on the past terrain of Zanzibar informs readers about the early climatic trends and human settlement as well as the geographical development of Zanzibar's land.
This infographic on the current terrain of Zanzibar informs readers of the current climate crisis in Zanzibar as well as significant developments of the 21st century (aquaculture, natural forces, rising tides, etc) taking place in Zanzibar.
This infographic on the projected terrain informs readers on the projected changes in Zanzibar in terms of rising temperatures, urbanization, and sea level rise in the next 100 years.
Citations:
Sources: Past
(1) Seme, Sarah N, Narriman Jiddawi, and Oswald Masebo. “Climate Change and Adaptation in Pemba Island,Zanzibar:
Environmental History–Pre-Colonial Period to 1840.” Journal of the Geographical Association of Tanzania 41, no. 2
(November 2, 2021): 22–44.
(2) Kotarba-Morley, Anna M., Nikos Kourampas, Mike W. Morley, Conor MacAdams, Alison Crowther, Patrick Faulkner, Mark
Horton, and Nicole Boivin. “Coastal Landscape Changes at Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar: Contextualizing the Archaeology of an
Early Islamic Port of Trade.” The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 2022, 1–35.
(3) Wolfgang, Alders. “Uneven Ground: The Archaeology of Social Transformation in Zanzibar Tanzania.” 2022
(4) Prendergast, Mary E., Hélène Rouby, Paramita Punnwong, Robert Marchant, Alison Crowther, Nikos Kourampas, Ceri Shipton,
Martin Walsh, Kurt Lambeck, and Nicole L. Boivin. “Continental Island Formation and the Archaeology of Defaunation on
Zanzibar, Eastern Africa.” PLOS ONE 11, no. 2 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149565 .
Sources: Current
(1) Stefania Charisiadou, Christina Halling, Narriman Jiddawi, Kristina von Schreeb, MartinGullström, Terése Larsson, Lina Mtwana
Nordlund, Coastal aquaculture in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Aquaculture, Volume 546, 2022, 737331, ISSN 0044-8486,
(2) Kukkonen, M. O., Khamis, M., Muhammad, M. J., Käyhkö, N., & Luoto, M. (2022). Modeling direct above-ground carbon loss
due to urban expansion in Zanzibar City Region, Tanzania. Land Use Policy, 112, 105810–.
(3) Johansson, Emma Li, and Abdulhakim M. Abdi. “Mapping and Quantifying Perceptions of Environmental Change in Kilombero
Valley, Tanzania.” Ambio 49, no. 2 (2019): 557–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01226-6 .
(4) Mongi, Hector John. “Addressing Land Degradation in Tanzania: Contemporary Issues Related to Policies and Strategies.” SSRN
Electronic Journal, 2012. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2150752.
Sources: Predicted
(3) (1) “The Economics of Climate Change in Zanzibar - Final Summary Report.” weADAPT, April 24, 2019.
(2) “Village Vulnerability Assessments and Climate Change Adaptation ...” Accessed December 14, 2022.
(4) Khamis, ZA, R Kalliola, and N Käyhkö. “Spatial Modeling of Cumulative Human Pressure in the Tropical Coastscape of Zanzibar,
Tanzania.” African Journal of Marine Science 41, no. 4 (2019): 337–52. https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232x.2019.1667436 .
(5) John, Elikana, Pete Bunting, Andy Hardy, Osian Roberts, Richard Giliba, and Dos Santos Silayo. “Modeling the Impact of Climate
Change on Tanzanian Forests.” Diversity and Distributions 26, no. 12 (2020): 1663–86. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13152.
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