Lake Chivero: A management case study |
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Authors: | C H D Magadza |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe. |
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Abstract: | Lake Chivero in Zimbabwe was shown to be hypereutrophic. Historical data showed that the eutrophication process had been arrested in the late 1970s. However, a combination of poor planning, multiplicity of jurisdiction, mismatch between rate of urbanization and waste management investment, recent changes in the local climate and a permissive, immature political system that called for no public accountability resulted in environmental management breakdown leading to hypereutrophication of the lake. The case of Lake Chivero is presented as an example of a wider global issue regarding the status of environmental management in competition with other priorities in emerging democracies. |
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Keywords: | climate change eutrophication governance Lake Chivero management nutrient inflow pollution salinization |
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