Chapter 1366 Debern's Ambition

Kitwe City.

The Kafue River runs through Kitwe City. The Kafue River was one of the main rivers in Zambia in the past. It originated in the mountainous area in the north of the Copperbelt in East Africa and eventually flowed through Lusaka in East Africa and merged into the Zambezi River.

Its trend coincides with the copper belt, especially the copper belt in the Central Province of East Africa. It can be said that this river was the most important river in Zambia in the past.

Its length, basin area, and surrounding economy all occupied an important position in Zambia in the past, and Kitwe City was located along the upper reaches of this river.

The upper and middle reaches of the Kafue River have relatively flat terrain, and its tributaries are numerous, nourishing a large area of ​​land in the Central Province. At the same time, nearly 20 kilometers downstream, due to the abrupt changes in terrain, water resources are very rich.

However, this also led to a significant reduction in its shipping value. As a result, the East African government reshaped the local shipping value through artificial canals, and Kitwe City benefited greatly from this.

However, after the economic meeting of Kitwe City, the Kitwe City Government also made a new decision on the treatment of Kafue, the "mother river".

DeBern said: "The Kafue River is the mother river of Kitwe City. In the past, due to economic development, we have caused serious ecological damage to the Kafue River."

"It is mainly the discharge of industrial and domestic sewage that has caused a very bad impact on the Kafue River in our territory."

"At the same time, social and production activities along the river have also caused a bad impact on the Kafue River, such as overgrazing, cutting down rainforests, and destroying coastal vegetation."

"This makes the water quality of the Kafue River very bad, and at the same time causes serious soil erosion problems, so the Kafue River and other rivers in Kitwe City must be regulated."

Kitwe City is one of the sources of the Kafue River. Of course, the Kitwe City here mainly refers to the jurisdiction of the entire Kitwe City in the administrative division, including its affiliated towns and villages, that is, the entire prefecture-level city.

This is also the main reason why Kitwe City can become the second largest city in the copper belt. The towns under Kitwe City basically follow Kitwe City, at least administratively.

DeBern continued: "For the management of the Kafue River, the first thing is to protect the ecological environment of its source, that is, the natural environment of the northwestern mountainous area, set up a protection zone, and limit the damage and development of the source water source."

"In the middle section, it also includes the urban area to do a good job in sewage treatment, and at the same time restore the vegetation along the coast, establish a natural protection zone on both sides of the river, return farmland to forest and grass, and reduce and prevent the occurrence of soil erosion."

Kitwe City is one of the highly developed industrial regions in East Africa. Although the population of Kitwe City is only more than 300,000, far less than Lubumbashi, the younger brothers under Kitwe City, that is, the subordinate towns, are not bad, mainly in industry and mining.

And with so many industrial and mining towns, plus Kitwe City, the degree of damage to the environment can be imagined, especially when the local industry is mainly heavy industry.

The development of agriculture and tertiary industries in Kitwe is not ideal. They have not been taken seriously for a long time, so the development is relatively rough.

Debern is trying to change this situation. There is only heavy industry, and it is overly dependent on the copper mining industry. This makes the industrial development of Kitwe very unbalanced. To put it bluntly, the industry in Kitwe is a partial student among partial students.

Take the Bohemian Industrial Zone in the south of Kitwe as an example. Although the industry is also dominated by heavy industry, the natural resources in the Bohemian Industrial Zone are diversified, and the industrial chain and industrial types are richer.

Even if the development of heavy industry is constrained, it will not be a fatal blow to it. Kitwe is now completely dependent on the copper mining industry, and the risk of economic development is higher than that of the Bohemian Industrial Zone.

DeBern said: "Kitwe's ecological problems are very serious now, which has affected the development of our city's agriculture, environmental protection and service industries."

Kitwe's copper mining and smelting have caused damage to local land, vegetation and water sources, and this damage has shown great power. After all, Kitwe has also developed for decades. With the expansion of mining and metallurgy, the scope of influence is also getting bigger and bigger.

"Take agriculture for example. Affected by the mining industry, a large amount of land has been polluted and destroyed. The development of the metallurgical industry has had a bad impact on arable land, with excessive heavy metals in the soil, soil erosion, land desertification and other negative phenomena."

"Although the output value of our city is mainly supported by the copper mining industry, this is unsustainable. Kitwe's copper reserves are limited after all, and agriculture, if maintained well, is a long-term business for generations to come."

"Therefore, we cannot sacrifice long-term interests for the sake of immediate interests. The issue of protecting land, vegetation and water sources is urgent."

"In the past, we did not have the ability to do so. After all, in the early stages of development, everything was based on the accumulation of original capital. However, now that Kitwe's economy has developed, we can no longer do stupid things that cut off our roots. We should look further ahead."

"Pollution first and then governance no longer meets the actual needs of our city. If we continue to hold on to this outdated concept, we will all become sinners in Kitwe in the future."

"In terms of the tertiary industry, a severe ecological environment will obviously have a bad impact on the local business, service industry, tourism industry, etc. After all, under the trend of environmental awareness, if the natural environment of Kitvi is further further, Wheneling will inevitably reduce the flow of external funds, population, and advanced industries and scientific research resources to our city. "

This is also better to understand. Compared with other countries in the world, although East Africa's environmental protection awareness is not too deep, it must be ahead of other industrial countries.

Some people in London, Paris, and New York are still the symbols of "industrial civilization" with industrial waste water and exhaust gas. When they are proud, at least most people in East Africa know that these are harmful to health.

If the environment of Kitwe will not be improved, some people who pay attention to their own health in the future will obviously not use Kitve as a long -lived place, and the loss of population will further cause the local market to shrink and market shrinkage , Further promote the outflow of the population and form a vicious circle.

In the final analysis, if it is not forced by life, ordinary people will eventually yearn for green mountains and green water, but now the economies of most countries in the world have not yet developed to that level.

At the beginning of the 20th century, most of the people in the world were supporting the food and clothing line, and they did not pay much attention to the quality of life in order to survive.

In Derbern's view, Kitwei's city is obviously unable to follow the flow. After all, Kitve is also a relatively developed region in the world, and the economic level has reached a critical point.

Therefore, Derbern believes that at least the relatively developed areas of copper mines, the basic food and clothing problem no longer exists, and some people have the ability to pursue a higher quality life.

Moreover, in terms of the current development situation of East Africa, the level of national economy will be further improved. In the future, the third industry may exceed the second industry and become the pillar of the national economy.

If you want to develop the tertiary industry, you must seize the opportunities and lay out in a timely manner. At least the shortcomings of the ecological environment. The city of Kitve should be in front of other industrial cities in East Africa, and the city of Kitwe will be made into a place where mountains and rivers are showing.

Of course, Debelon obviously has a deeper consideration, that is, according to his observations and thinking, the entire copper ore belt has been pursuing industrial output growth in the past for a long time because of the industrial convergence. Essence

Including Luben Bashi, which is currently stabilizing in the economy, is also the same. Although Lu Benbashi has a much better talent Biki, because of this, Lu Benbashi is worried about the consciousness. To be lower.

In this regard, Derbern said: "In the copper mine, all industrial towns have developed heavy industries for a long time, attach importance to industrial output, and ignore the development of other fields. "" "

"Especially in the copper ore zone area, the copper ore belt belongs to the upstream of the country. The industry does not say first, but it can also be ranked at the forefront, and it can be squeezed into the top three in the middle."

"However, our copper ore zone lacks cities with high popularity in the world in the country. This is the case even if Lu Benbahi."

"Although Lu Benbashi is the top ten cities in the country, his popularity may not be compared to Mapo, Bengra and other cities, even higher than our Kitweir city. Cities, as well as the light of economic developed cities "" "" ""

"The entire copper ore belt lacks signature cities, lacks domestic and international popularity, lacks a high -end consumption and service center, and lacks a tourism center city. The ecological environment is even more terrible."

"You know, the economy of the copper mine and the consumption power of the people are still good, but rich people are more willing to go to other regions for vacations, tourism and consumption, such as New Frankfurt, Rhein City, etc.". "

"After all, Rhein City is the capital, so there is any original love, but the city of New Frankfurt is not as developed than the economy of Lu Benbashi. The two can be said to be the same level of cities, but the people of Lu Benbai like to run to New Frankfurt City Shopping, vacation, consumption. "

"What are the reasons? Why not in turn, Lu Benbah attracted the new Frankfurt to Lu Benbai?"

Derbern also gave the answer: "That is, Lu Benbashi compared to the New Frankfurt, it can be said that it is a city without characteristics, and the environment is poor. Bashi.

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"Of course, the city of Kitvi, the general level of economic, poor ecological environment, general business environment, low service industry, lack of popularity, etc.". "

"It can be said that our situation is worse than Lu Benbashi. In addition to people engaged in the non -ferrous metal industry and specific industries, it is difficult for us to attract the population and other companies."

"So, since we know this situation, we must make a change, or that, the long -term look, and the first step is to use the opportunity of this industry to adjust to the ecological problems of our city Remedy. "

"There are mountains and rivers in our city, plains and ponds, and are located in the rainforest and grassland intersection. This is the valuable wealth and natural advantages of our city."

"So, the first step is to regulate the production of mines, promote the management of slag and mine pits, regulate the rational use of water resources in mining areas, reduce and eliminate unreasonable water discharge and other problems, and carry out ecological restoration work for some abandoned mines."

"The second is to constrain related enterprises and factories, and the government will take the lead in building sewage treatment plants and promote the use of clean energy such as oil, natural gas, and electricity."

In the early 20th century, compared with coal, which was more polluting, oil was obviously also a clean energy. Of course, Debern's main meaning was to eliminate a batch of old antique steam machinery used by enterprises, which were not only inefficient but also seriously polluted.

"Third, that is, the previously mentioned ecological restoration of the Kafue and other riverside areas, while promoting the maintenance of the Kitwe section of the Central Canal."

"Fourth, comprehensive management of some polluted land, especially cultivated land, to reduce the harm of heavy metal pollution to food safety."

"Fifth, comprehensive management of the urban environment, further improve the urban environment, create a regional and even domestic garden city, and design the urban landscape and scenic spots, build urban history museums, art galleries, sports centers, football stadiums, etc., and introduce and build a number of high-quality consumer enterprises, especially domestic or internationally renowned supermarkets."

Regarding the fifth point mentioned by Debern, these measures are all measures that can attract tourists and consumers. Of course, the specific effect depends on the operation of Kitwe City in the later stage.

Museums, art galleries, and sports centers must be well-known, and they also need continuous investment after they are built, such as hosting regional, national, and even world sports events, art exhibitions, academic conferences, etc.

Of course, Kitwe City certainly does not have the ability to hold world sports events for the time being, and it does not have such a great ability to do so.

Consumer-oriented enterprises such as supermarkets have a strong ability to drive consumption in cities, especially well-known supermarkets, chain stores and shopping places.

DeBern certainly does not just want to empty the wallets of Kitwe citizens to promote consumption and drive the industrial development of Kitwe. His purpose of doing so actually includes the entire copper belt.

Because the copper belt currently lacks relevant consumption places, especially high-end consumption places. In DeBern's view, if consumers from the entire copper belt can be attracted to Kitwe for shopping, it will be a huge benefit. After all, there are dozens of towns in the copper belt, and the consumption capacity is very considerable.

DeBern continued: "Sixth, vigorously support the landing of high-tech industries in Kitwe, especially other types of manufacturing, especially scientific research and innovative enterprises, preferably enterprises with low dependence on mineral resources."

This time, Kitwe City is to get rid of its dependence on copper mines. In fact, in addition to copper mines, Kitwe City has no other resources with outstanding advantages, so DeBern welcomes enterprises with low dependence on natural resources.

"Seventh, it is to improve the development of basic livelihood areas such as urban transportation, education, and medical care, so that Kitwe can become a city suitable for living and with a high level of happiness in the empire."

Although Kitwe City cannot build a high-level university due to limited conditions, improving the quality of basic compulsory education can obviously improve the livability of the city and attract people to settle down.

Moreover, although high-quality universities can attract many talents, they are not the best choice for Kitwe City. After all, retaining talents requires industrial cooperation, which is what Kitwe City currently lacks.

In addition, if basic education is improved, the impact of whether there are high-quality universities on Kitwe City will be further weakened, after all, college students have strong mobility.

In the previous life, the education of the Far East Empire was like this. There were many school district houses around elementary schools, middle schools and high schools, but at the level of higher education, the concept of school district houses was not important.

After all, the threshold of higher education is high, which means uncertainty, and the age of students is enough to live independently. Coupled with factors such as convenient transportation, higher education is not as attractive to immigrants as imagined.

The Kitwe City Government acted quickly. Less than three months after Deborn decided to change the direction of Kitwe's development, the ecological environment improvement activities in Kitwe began in full swing. According to Deborn, the ecological environment is the foundation for Kitwe's future development. Only by solving this major problem can other policies be better implemented.