EFFECT OF LAND POLLUTION ON COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY IN NAKAWA DIVISION, KAMPALA, UGANDA
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2023-10
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The study to assess the effect of land pollution on community sustainability was conducted in
Nakawa Division, Kampala, Uganda to establish the causes of land pollution among the
communities, determine the effect of land pollution on community sustainability, and to design
mechanisms that can be employed to reduce land pollution and ensuring community
sustainability. The data was collected from 182 respondents and 7 key informants. The study
results indicated that, industrialization, institutional factors, limited institutional capacity to plant
vegetation, low effectiveness in monitoring by NEMA, ineffective implementation of policy,
environmental and socio-cultural systems were major causes of land pollution. The effect was
generally more negative hence the assertion that land pollution is a key towards community
sustainability. It was established that land pollution reduce bio-diversity, increased dangerous
gases and generally the community health in terms of plants, animal and people health in the
communities. Also, about 80.2% of the respondents said that there were no mechanisms for
reduction of land pollution and enhancing community sustainability. The study concludes that
the occurrence of land pollution has generally reduced the community sustainability therefore,
there is need for industrialization to be effectively managed to incorporate the environmental
controls, effective policy implementations, monitoring of land polluters and provision of general
environmental controls.