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A ten page paper which looks at nomadism in various regions, and the impact which sedentarisation policies have had on the nomadic way of life, especially in respect of environmental and economic issues. The writer concludes that whereas voluntary sedentarisation has on the whole been successful, forced settlement has had a negative impact on both the environment and on the socio-economic systems of the regions concerned. Bibliography lists 5 sources
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considerable variation between the behaviour patterns and lifestyles of different nomadic groups and the extent to which they are making the transition to a sedentary lifestyle. Darling and Farvar define
nomadism as the "pastoralism of domesticated animals across the great steppe regions of the world . . pastoralism on the extensive scale . . mingling with the wholeness of the
environment" (Darling and Farvar, 2004, PG). However, they also acknowledge that others have taken a somewhat ambivalent attitude towards nomadism, citing Shepard (1967), for example, as referring to nomads as
parasites whilst at the same time praising their interaction with the animals that they herd.
They therefore conclude that the role of the nomad in terms of land use is a complex one, which has for the most
part not been adequately studied even by ecologists. The distances travelled by nomads, for instance, are generally exaggerated and as they point out, the patterns of nomadism vary widely in
different regions of the world. In some areas nomads are completely migratory with no settlements at all, whereas in others they have clearly defined boundaries to their travels, and may
farm the land as well as raising livestock. Because nomadism is not well understood by governments, there has been a tendency towards interference with nomadic lifestyles in attempts to modernise
the population: a sedentary lifestyle is almost invariably regarded as superior, and progressive.
As Darling and Farvar state, the regions where nomadism is most prevalent are the arid areas of the world, such as
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