Environmental issues in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia

cje ›› 2004, Vol. ›› Issue (1): 153-156.

Previous Articles Next Articles

Environmental issues in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia

Enock Sakala^1,2, LU Zhi-bo¹, LU Yong-sen¹, Rodgers²

1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China;
2. Ministry of Finance, Zambia

Received:2003-01-10 Revised:2003-06-03 Online:2004-02-10

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, the anthropogenic effects on the general environment of Lusaka City were disscused. The major sources of environmental concern in the Urban Lusaka also includes solid waste, sewage waste, sanitation, industrial pollution, traffic and atmospheric pollution, urban agriculture and environmental pollution and soil erosion due to wood harvesting for domestic fuel.

Key words: Sinonovacula constricta, Tidal-flat area, Heterotrophic bacteria, Ammonifying bacteria, Denitrifying bacteria, Sulphate reducing bacteria

CLC Number:

Enock Sakala, LU Zhi-bo, LU Yong-sen, Rodgers. Environmental issues in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia[J]. cje, 2004, (1): 153-156.

[1]	ZHOU Jia-xi1, ZHANG Xiao-min2, HU Da-ming2, HUI Jian-quan2, YU Tao1, ZOU Xiao1*. Isolation and identification of ammonifying bacteria in the flue-cured tobacco and characteristics of degrading organic nitrogen. [J]. cje, 2016, 35(11): 3005-3011.
[2]	ZHENG Xi-chun1, GUO Xiao-jun1, YAO Na2, CAO Xiao-lu2, LI Lu-bin2, ZHU Bao-cheng1**. Screening and identification of denitrifying bacillus strain and its denitrification characteristics. [J]. cje, 2012, 31(06): 1447-1452.
[3]	. Spatiotemporal distribution of nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria with related to environmental factors in Xiangshan Bay. [J]. cje, 2011, 30(04): 752-762.
[4]	. Application of functional genes in the study of the ecology of denitrifying bacteria: A review. [J]. cje, 2010, 29(09): 1836-1845.
[5]	SHAN Guobin^1,2; JIN Wenbiao³; LIN Jikan^1,4; XING Xinhui² . Application of PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-GGE) in environmental microbial ecology [J]. cje, 2006, 25(10): 1257-1264 .
[6]	Yan Rongjun, Lin Xiaotao, Xu Zhongneng, Liang Yuqiang, Zhu Jianhong. Variations of Baterial Population Size in Water Sources for Aquaculture of Doumen County [J]. cje, 2002, (6): 65-67,32.

Environmental issues in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia

PDF (PC)

Knowledge

Abstract

Cite this article

share this article

References

Related Articles 6

Recommended Articles

Metrics

Comments