Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:59:32 +0000 …THIS IS WHY WE NEED A NEW CAPITAL CITY BY INNOCENT SIACHITOBA THE demographic pressure being experienced in Lusaka City will be worse in the next 15 years, a development that will pose further threat on the current constrained life support infrastructure. High population growth rates at both national and provincial levels respectively will have negative effects on the major cities, particularly Lusaka. Considering that the city has reached the full carrying capacity, further addition of population will exert more pressure on the current life support facilities. Zambia’s population is showing signs of doubling, arising from the interplay of three demographic determinants namely fertility, migration and mortality. These are major factors that are responsible for changes in the overall population for any country and Zambia is no exceptional. For instance, if fertility and migration increase while holding mortality constant, the population tends to increase. However, it is not […]
