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CASE STUDIES: urban issues and challenges (p2) Flashcards

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3 reasons London is nationally important

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s : 12.5% of UK’s population
e : 30% of Uk’s GDP
en : 38% greenspace

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3 reasons London is internationally important

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s : 30 million annual tourists
e : largest stock exchange globally
en : greenest city globally

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Brixton facts

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  • 130 diff languages
  • strong Afro-Caribbean culture
  • Brick Lane known as the curry capital
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LONDON: social opps

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cultural mix - 2million don’t speak english at home
entertainment like Wembley, O2

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LONDON: economic opps

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  • 22% of jobs are financial
  • Londoners earn 23% more than average UK
  • world finance centre
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LONDON: environmental opps

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  • 8 royal parks
  • 38% open green space
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LONDON: socioeconomic challenges

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  • unaffordable housing
  • lacking social housing
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LONDON: environmental challenges

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  • pollution
  • waste disposal
  • housing built on greenfield
  • urban sprawl
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LONDON: improvements to transport

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  • cycle superhighways
  • U-LEZ charges
  • santander cycles
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EAST VILLAGE: sustainable transport

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  • Kings Cross 7 mins by train
  • every home <350m from bus stop
  • electric charging points
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EAST VILLAGE: sustainable homes

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  • light walls reflect heat
  • large recycling bins
  • use grey water
  • 25% of housing is affordable
  • public spaces are pedestrainised
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OLYMPIC PARK: social opps

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  • provided 2800 homes
  • 6 million tourists since Olympics
  • 10 tennis courts
  • 200 shops
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OLYMPIC PARK: economic opps

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  • 7000 jobs at ‘Here East’
  • UCL based there
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OLYMPIC PARK: environmental opps

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  • copper box 60% recycled
  • River Lea runs through
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LAGOS: 3 push factors

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  • lack of employment
  • famine
  • war/conflict
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LAGOS: 3 pull factors

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  • education
  • healthcare
  • family
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LAGOS: regional importance

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  • transport hub
  • 10% of Nigeria’s population
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LAGOS: national importance

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  • 25% of Nigeria’s GDP
  • 80% of imports through docks
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LAGOS: international importance

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  • 11th largest economy in Africa
  • venue for many sporting events
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LAGOS: social opps - education

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  • 10 universities including teaching hospital
  • state schools ran by government
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LAGOS: social opps - water access

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  • wells and boreholes
  • street vendors - over 12mill have access
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LAGOS: social opps - transport

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  • Lagos Blue Rail line transports 250,000 people daily
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LAGOS: Makoko challenges

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  • lack of sanitation
  • 19% unemployed
  • no legal rights (vulnerable)
  • 250,000 residents
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LAGOS: urban growth challenges

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lack of property causes squatter settlements

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LAGOS: water supply challenges

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only 11% have access to piped water

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LAGOS: sanitation challenges

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  • can’t flush toilets
  • use PIT LATRINES which pollutes drains and rivers
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LAGOS: energy challenges

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reliance on generators which aren’t available to all

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LAGOS: healthcare challenges

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  • not always free
  • many contagious diseases that are hard to treat
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LAGOS: unemployment challenges

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  • forces people to make money illegally
  • more difficult for development
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LAGOS: crime challenges

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  • street gangs
  • less employment if there is a bad reputation
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LAGOS: main environmental challenges

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  • water pollution
  • air pollution
  • waste
  • traffic congestion
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LAGOS: water pollution challenges

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water borne diseases like cholera

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LAGOS: air pollution challenges

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causes global warming, asthma

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LAGOS: waste challenges

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contribute to air pollution and can infect water, health hazard

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LAGOS: traffic congestion challenges

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  • air pollution
  • decreases work time so less money earnt and less development
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LAGOS: economic opps - informal sector

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Olusosun rubbish dump has over 5000 workers

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LAGOS: economic jobs - tertiary jobs

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  • improve local conditions from higher wages - x effect
  • government receive more taxes so funds other aspects
38
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what is the ikeja district

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growth of the commercial and industrial zones

39
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an example of urban planning

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Eko Atlantic

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what is eko atlantic

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-10mill square meters of sand filled land
- expected to provided 150,000 jobs and 250,000 inhabitants
- supposed to reduce coastal erosion

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evaluation of eko atlantic

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  • not for the urban poor (threat to squatter settlements)
  • jobs could lead to ‘x effect’

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