2006 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Background of Lake Victoria
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
This chapter has discussed some elements of demographic features of Lake Victoria region. It is a region where the population growth rate is very high and average population density also high. These two phenomena have a direct bearing on the environment, leading to serious environmental degradation, soil erosion, pollution of the Lake and the decline in soil fertility. It is therefore imperative that measures be taken to address the issues concerning population pressure and environmental degradation.