The Impacts of Population Dynamics on Transportation Development in Zanzibar.

Khamis, Assaa Kombo (2025) The Impacts of Population Dynamics on Transportation Development in Zanzibar. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study was conducted under the main objective of examining the effects of population dynamics on transportation development in Zanzibar. The study used demographic transition theory to examine effects of population dynamics on transportation development. Using a study area of three districts of Urban West region; Urban Unguja, West A and West B district, a sample of 400 respondents selected based on a simple random probability sampling. The quantitative approach and questionnaires were used for data collections. The collected data were entered into SPSS version 27 then analyzed using percentage and frequency distribution. The findings revealed that population growth affects transportation development and causing challenges such as inadequate and insufficient of transport infrastructures, increasing congestions, delays, travel time and travel cost. Also, population distribution has positive and negative impacts to transportation development. Poor usage of means of transportation and improving transportation systems and services resulted as negative and positive impacts of population distribution respectively. Then, there is a direct effects of population structures to transport development. Such that changes of population structures including gender, ages and density have greater effects on increasing transportation demands. In conclusion, the study revealed that population dynamics have direct and strong positive and negative impacts to transportation development. Then, the study recommended that population dynamics should be deliberate well to realize its challenges to transportation development, and enabling the government to reduce negative impacts of those determined challenges. Keywords: Population Dynamics, Population Growth, Population Distribution, Population Structure and Transportation Development.

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