The Urban World and Lagos, Nigeria.

• the proportion of the worlds population who live in cities. It is the result of natural increase (birth) and migration. 

• China, India and Nigeria are the 3 most developing countires. 

• A megacity has a population of 10million poeple or more 

• Situated within Nigeria - North coast of the Gulf Of Guinae. Close to the Border of Benin. 

• Distance between Lagos and Abuja (capital) is 520km. 

• It is an NEE.

• Until the 15th Century it was a small fishing village  , owned by portugeese. 

• Population : 20 million

• GDP: $33,679 million

• 13,000 tonnes of waste daily 

• 80% of Nigerias trade and industry.
• Major seaport, airport and ficancial centre in West Africa. 

• Originally - Lagos Island, surrounded by Lagoon. 

• Expanded Northward onto mainland following railway. 

• Expansion happened in 1970 due to an oil boom. 

• growth in city despite poor living standards. It expanded around lagoon. 

• Push Factor: Factors pushing people away from countryside and rural areas. 

• Pull factors: Factors encouraging people to move to cities and urban areas. 

• Social 

• Economic 

• Environmental

• Better Education 
• More tertiary jobs with higher wages. (lawyer,teacher)
• better health care
• better water supply 
• safer with more police around
• better transport. 

• Formal: 

when people work to recieve a wage, pay tax and have rights. 

Advantages : sick pay, holiday pay, gaurenteed salary. 

Disadvantages; pay tax, contracted hours, need good qualifactations. 

INFORMAL: 

Jobs that are not taxed by the government. 

Advantages: freedom, dont have to pay tax, Dont need qualifactaions. 

Disadvatages: No sick or holiday pay, No pension , No guarenteed pay. 

• Benefits: 
• Lesuire facilities in the dump, can use recycled goods, Residents dont have to travel to get there. 

• Problems: 
• Fires spread easily, Natural gases can cause fires once built up, poor sanitation, cholorea,typhoid, health issues, electric waste causes toxic fumes, smell and sound poloution. 

• west coast of lagoon near CBD. 

• prone to flooding 

• fishing commnity 
• 250,000 residents
• water based community
• pollouted water 
• Government want to destroy to build eko atlantic

• majority live below poverty line 
• poor conditions 

• Govournment want to destroy to build eco atlantic. 

 Quaternary - knowledge based, IT, reasarch e.g app producer, scientist

Secondary - manufacturing of raw materials e.g carpenter 

Primary - extracting raw materials, e.g farmer 

tertiary - providing a service, e.g a teacher, doctor

GDP (£) - Gross domestic product (total number of goods produced in a country)

per capita = per person

• plan to build a new financial hub mirroring infrastructure in Dubai e.t.c 
• will employ over 250,000 people 
• will house 250,000 + people
• eco friendly development
• take 15 years to build 

• Issues and Challenges 
• Will destroy Makoko which could cause crime 
• floods and water surges 
• Not enough power and electricty in Lagos. 

• No rules 
• over crowded buses 
• Air poloution - carbon dioxide. 
• not enough main highways linking residential to commercial areas. 
• most commuters arrive to work exhaisted, damaging economy. 
• 28 accidents per 100,000
• not enough public transport 
• increase in astmah 
• narrow dangerous roads,. 

• BRT - Bus rapid transport, seperate bus lanes, more frequent. 

• LRMT - Lagos rail mass transit, Can link with other transport routes and CBD to residential areas. 

• Ferry and water networks, across lagon to mainland and island. 

• 10% of population have pureified tap water 

• 4% drink river water - salty and pollouted 

• bottled water from street vendors  - very expensive 

• Boreholes or Wells - can get infected by sewage from ground.

Urban World and Lagos, Nigeria 

• Rising sealevels could flood slums and soak into ground contaminating water tables. 
• 75% of people get stuck in traffic daily
• Minibus taxis are called Danfos