Urban waste landfill planning and karstic groundwater resources in developing countries: The example of Lusaka (Zambia)

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3-5, 2004, Pages 501-508

  De Waele, J ^a   Nyambe, I A ^b   Di Gregorio, A ^a   Di Gregorio, F ^a   Simasiku, S ^b   Follesa, R ^a   Nkemba, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; KARST HYDROLOGY; LANDFILL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LUSAKA [LUSAKA (PRV)]; LUSAKA [ZAMBIA]; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD; ZAMBIA;

EID: 8644263981     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.07.014     Document Type: Article

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