Improving the sustainability of wood supplies in Tanzania in 1990s
Wall,D.M|Wells,J / 2000

This paper presents research about the systems through which wood flows from resource areas to urban users in Dar e.s Salaarn and Mwanza. Tanzania. The obiective of the paper is to explain the nature of the wood systerns and to identify their underlying institutional framework to provide the basis for policy suggestions to improve the sustainability of wood supplies to the two towns.

A grounded theory methodology based on 306 open-ended interviews is used to develop descriptions and explanations of two wood systems that are presented as sub-sector maps.

The consumption pattern of wood for both towns is