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The Revised Sixth National Development Plan states that there will be an increase in urbanisation and infrastructure development. This process has an impact on the environment and economy therefore proper land use planning is critical to sustaining the economic developments. However, most of the...

This study is an evaluation of Ward Development Committees (WDCs) of Zambia’s Keembe Constituency in enhancing community participation. In spite of the Zambian government’s effort in trying to enhance community participation in developmental projects, active community participation seemed not to...

The study was aimed at investigating the nature of resource mobilisation, management and service delivery in Livingstone District by Livingstone City Council (LCC). Service delivery in Livingstone was generally poor, despite being the tourist capital of Zambia, with the affluent tourism industry....

The purpose of this study was to establish the effects of the 2013 revised senior secondary school geography curriculum on learning at Chikankata secondary school in Chikankata district of Zambia. Six teachers of geography who were directly involved in the implementation of the revised geography...

Modern technologies have made it possible for amateur news applications and related journalistic applications (blogs, social networks, collaborative publishing) to capture news faster and in larger amounts than any other news systems. These technologies (e.g. smart phones) can take pictures,...

Luano national forest has come under a lot of pressure from people venturing into agriculture, charcoal production over exploitation of timber and encroachment after retrenchment from the mines. Lack of forest management has led to environmental degradation and hinders socio-economic...

Land use planning in Zambia is currently riddled with the problems of being cumbersome, unsatisfactory, unbalanced and fragmented. The study revealed that the above scenario, may be attributed to among other reasons, the inappropriate and often out dated land use planning process tools currently...

Zambia since attaining independence in 1964 has embarked on local government reforms by decentralizing its administrative structures of government as a way of improving service delivery. The objectives of the study titled ‘Service delivery and decentralisation’ were: (i) to establish the nature...

This dissertation studies the nature of local government in Commonwealth Africa as reflected in Zambian urban authorities. In particular, it examines central control and local authority functions; sources of revenue and central control;and control over manpower. These are some of the main issues...

Assessing and improving capacity for Chongwe District Council (CDC) has become more and more important as the Government through the decentralization policy transfers huge responsibilities in terms of planning, implementation of development plans and management of public services to local...