Boycen Mudzengi

The effect of soil pollution on plant ecology in Mukuvisi Catchment

Relationship between soil pollution and primary production (NDVI) in the Middle Mukuvisi Catchment: Harare, Zimbabwe

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Produktbeschreibung

This study characterized soil pollution (chlorine and lead concentration) in the Middle Mukuvisi Catchment in relation to primary production as measured by the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Part of the study area is characterized by sanitary landfills and waste dumps. The Middle Mukuvisi Catchment was stratified into two strata namely: Strata A upstream and Strata B downstream with respect to the centre of the landfilled area. NDVI was derived from the area s Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) image of 28 April 2007. It was concluded that chlorine and lead concentrations contained in the leachate from the landfills negatively affects both soil quality and primary production in the Middle Mukuvisi Catchment to some weak extent. However, the impacts of pollution on natural resources increase with time resulting in negative effects on entire ecological systems. Recommendations are that the environmental policy makers and planners should encourage continued research into soil pollution and its impact on aquatic resources.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 102g
• ISBN-13: 9783848426270
• ISBN-10: 3848426277
• Artikelnr.: 35311449

Autorenporträt

Boycen K. Mudzengi holds an M.A. in Environmental Policy and Planning from the University of Zimbabwe. He is Lecturer in Geography and Environmental Science at Great Zimbabwe University in Masvingo. His research interests are in soil pollution and ecotourism. His hobbies are reading magazines, playing table tennis and watching football and tennis.