lagos case study for urban growth
- Created by: jessicate
- Created on: 18-05-18 17:20
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- urban growth-lagos, biggest city in africa
- in nigeria
- NEE
- over 21 million people
- one of the fastest growing urban areas in the world
- main financial centre
- social oppourtunities
- has better access to services and resources than rural Nigeria
- healthcare centers and hospitals. better range of medicines.
- 68% have secondary education.
- 40% dont attend primary in rural areas
- electric cooking and lighting mean businesses can develop
- have water treatment plants and access to save water
- economic oppourtunities
- most people come in search of better jobs
- rapid growth of the city means there is lots of construction
- most of the countries banks, governing departments, manufacturing industries, ports and fishing industries are found here
- thriving film and music industry
- social challenges
- 60% of the population live in slums
- flimsy wooden huts built on stilts in the lagoon
- only one primary school and many cant afford the schooling fees
- communal toilets shared by households
- waste goes straight into the lagoon which is already full of rubbish and raw sewage
- causes lots of health problems
- communal water point is 3km away
- electricity comes from illegal connections
- high levels of crime and the slums are 'self policed' by gangs!
- 60% of the population live in slums
- environmental challenges
- only 40% of rubbish is collected and there are large rubbish dumps containing toxic waste
- waste disposal and factory emissions are not controlled so there is lots of air and water pollution
- bad traffic congestion during rush hour. some people can have 2 hour commutes
- economic challenges
- there rent enough formal jobs for migrants
- migrants try to earn money any way they can so they even scavenge in the olusosun rubbish dumps.
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