case study of the problems in Lagos
- Created by: Ella Owrid
- Created on: 30-11-18 14:10
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- problems with rapidly growing Lagos
- housing
- great inequalities between rich and poor
- Mosholu
- very poorest areas- slums
- 60% of Lagos are living in slums
- these people are very poor
- average of 4 people in one room
- people are not legally allowed to live here
- because of this they steal electricity
- have no clean water
- very poorest areas- slums
- Victoria island
- very richest people who live here
- people living here live in skyscrapers
- lots of new building projects- echo Atlantic
- Mosholu
- great inequalities between rich and poor
- transport
- the city is becoming richer
- more people are buying and using there cars
- these cars aren't good quality and produce a lot of air pollution
- more people are buying and using there cars
- city wasn't made to deal with this amount of people so the roads are very congested
- air pollution
- average time to travel 20km in the city takes 3 hours
- the city is becoming richer
- waste
- only 10% of waste is offiaclly collected
- people dump waste into the river causing water pollution
- many people are living near landfills, this can cause diseases
- these land sites are badly ooked after
- often people litter and waste is left to the point that it blocks and pollutes the water
- health
- big problem with not enough facilities to care for people when ill
- there arent enough trained doctors to care for the ill
- no free health care only the rich and can treated, causing disease to spread through the slums
- 10,000 quack doctors throughout the city
- some of these doctors want to help and try herbal cures
- some only want money and can be selling deadly medicene
- employment
- many people working in the informal sector
- these people don't pay taxes and have no constant form of income
- some of this is illeagal
- most people here are primary school educated or have higher education,
- the factories don't require education many people in the slums work here
- higher educated people are working int he quternanry sector-very high paying
- there is a gap for skilled work like plumbers
- many people working in the informal sector
- housing
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