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Demographic Characteristics of the Lake Tana Basin

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This chapter examines the demographic characteristics of the Lake Tana basin through document analysis techniques. It uses demographic indicators such as age-sex ratio, dependency ratio , population distribution, population density and population growth rate to provide a demographic profile at the watershed level. The study also looks at the changes in the indicators over time to establish patterns and trends. The analysis shows that the age group ranging from 0 to 14 years old is the largest population category. As the result the dependency ratio of the population in the watershed is very high. In addition the number of women in the reproductive age group is also very high which predicts even higher the potential growth of population in the watershed. If uncontrolled this future population growth will lead to greatly unbalanced relationships between resources and population in the watershed.

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  1. Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

    Mesfin Anteneh

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  1. School of Public Policy and Leadership, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

    Krystyna Stave

  2. Blue Nile Water Institute and College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

    Goraw Goshu

  3. Blue Nile Water Institute and College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

    Shimelis Aynalem

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Anteneh, M. (2017). Demographic Characteristics of the Lake Tana Basin. In: Stave, K., Goshu, G., Aynalem, S. (eds) Social and Ecological System Dynamics. AESS Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45755-0_18

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