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Climate change poses significant challenges to sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in countries like Zambia that are heavily reliant on natural resources. As Zambia scales up its climate response, Climate finance is a crucial climate change mitigation and adaptation...

Change in land-use, which causes a decrease in agricultural land, has an impact on food production. This situation is a major concern and a subject of many studies around the globe. The objectives of this study were to estimate the proportion of originally zoned agricultural land in Makeni, to...

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) after their success in Asia specifically China have been replicated worldwide to achieve the benefits realised by countries that successfully implemented them. The benefits realised from these zones range from technology spillovers, employment and attraction of...

Making cities champions of climate mitigation and adaptation requires the downscaling of policies and instruments to local and city levels. The Zambia National Climate Change Policy in City Development Plans(NPCC) was designed for incorporation into the Lusaka City Council Development Plans for...

Informal settlements are unauthorised human settlements associated with rapid urbanisation. As such, they are located in urban areas or peri-urban areas. Saideni is an informal settlement that has evolved and existed on state land in a rural setting of Nampundwe in Shibuyunji District. Informal...

The aim of the research was to examine the factors that determine the location of shopping malls and the resulting urban restructuring that has taken place in Lusaka. It was guided by three objectives; to evaluate the factors that determine the location of shopping malls; to identify the key...

This study aimed at assessing the integration of water supply and municipal land use planning in Lusaka City. The study was guided by three objectives, which were to determine how water supply managers and municipal land use planners integrate water supply and land use plans in Lusaka City, to...

The advent of internet and increase in the usage of information and communication technology has brought about the demand for advertising and transaction of goods and services online through the use of cyber or virtual Markets. Zambia is among the most urbanized countries in Sub-Saharan Africa...

study assessed the extent to which the National Decentralisation Policy (NDP) had been implemented by Lusaka City Council (LCC) of Zambia, as of July, 2019. The objectives of the study were to ascertain the status of the implementation of the NDP by LCC, to examine the strategies of implementing...

Local Economic Development (LED) has been identified as a key strategy to alleviating poverty and promoting economic growth of urban areas through Local Government in Zambia. Formulation and implementation of strategies requires capacity of councils in terms of their technical, fiscal and human...