| dc.description.abstract | The Government's overall national development goal
in Tanzania is to improve the standards of living of the
majority of the people in the rural areas. In order
to achieve the desired development, emphasis is placed on
optimum utilization of the major resources available within
the country. The prevailing law level of resource
utilization in Karagwe District, contrary to this national
objective, is the central problem to which this study
addresses itself.
The study focuses attention on the importance of
resources in accelerating rural development in Karagwe
District.
The study revealed that the district has a high
resource potential which has not been utilized to its
optimum capacity. The major resources which were identified
as being utilized below their capacity include human
resources , agricultural land, forestry, fishery, wildlife
and mineral resources. The resources I contribution to the
raising of standards of living in the district was
found to be minimal.
The study revealed that the low level of resource
utilization in the district is a result of an interplay of
several constraining factors importan15a-rrongwhich are:
the poor transportation facilities and services;
inadequate marketing facilities; low level of skills and
technology; low level of industri91ization, and; the
peripheral location of Karagwe District in relation to
the rest of Tanzania.
The study contends that the constraints set by
these factors maybe removed effectively through a
comprehensive approach. The study, therefore, proposes
an integrated spatial framework aimed at removing those
constraints, and thereby, facilitating optimum
utilization of resources in the district. The recommended
spatial framework Intergrates resources, transportation
network and markets in the district .
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