Lagos Flashcards
what is the population of Lagos?
16,536,000 a 3.7% increase from 2023 and is the fastest growing megacity
what is migration?
the movement of people from one place to another
what are push factors for migration ?
reasons to leave an area
what are pull factors in migration?
reasons to move TO an area
what are examples of push factors?
bad job
bad neighbourhood
bad education
bad healthcare
rural areas
bad transportation
conflict
lack of water,food,energy
what are examples of pull factors?
good jobs
good neighbourhoods
good education
family,friends near
good healthcare
good transport
independence
stability and policing
what is a megacity?
a metropolitan area with a population of 10 million people and over
where is Lagos?
Southwest of Nigeria
Alongside the Atlantic Ocean
Close to its border with Bernin
Economic opportunities in the city…
Better and unique jobs to Lagos, such as…
lawyers
finance
buisness
computing
these are tertiary jobs
Healthcare opportunities…
Vulnerable people will die from curable diseases due to lack of poor healthcare, because of this Lagos is increasing its healthcare rates
Education opportunities…
over 10 universities
11,226 primary schools
2,565;secondary schools
98% of Lagos’ children in education
education is seen as a passport out of poverty
challenges in the city…
people living in poverty
traffic congestion
high cost of living
inadequate infrastructure
bad roads
Access to resources: water supply
Only the wealthiest 10% of people in Lagos have a reliable, piped water supply
Everyone else have to rely on stand pipes on the street or buying water from vendors
Access to resources: Energy
due to the fact that there are so many generators shows that Lagos’ electricity supply is very poor in some areas
High income households are able to pay for reliable energy resources
What is a formal economy?
Employees pay tax to the local or national government and are entitled to some workers rights
What is am informal economy?
no paid tax
workers do jobs such as street vending
40% of the workforce are in this sector
formal economy pros
reliable income
money can be invested
entitled to rights
formal economy cons
pay taxes
not easy to access
need high qualifications
informal economy pros
low skill
good for new migrants
quick money
informal economy cons
no guarantee income
bad/unsafe
could be illegal
low level pay
lots of competition
unstable
Challenges in Lagos
Slums
people being exposed to diseases and unhygienic areas
overpopulated
lack of homew
Challenges: clean water
government not being able to pay and fun poorer areas
Challenges: Sanitation, sewage systems
become noticeable due to increase in population and waste being produced
Challenges: Energy
government can’t fund energy due to a lot of the population not paying tax
Challenges: Unemployment
People not being getting education to be able to enter formal economy jobs
Challenges: Crime
if people become unemployed they will turn to crime and due to the increasing population it becomes harder to police
Challenges: Waste disposal
no room for it to go so it becomes normal to live with human waste and rubbish waste leading ti health problems
Challenges: Air and water pollution
becomes a very unhealthy living space
Challenges: Traffic congestion
as some people’s pay increases the amount of vehicles also increase
Challenges: Providing healthcare and education
people had been brought up on bad education so are unable to become doctors or teachers and therefore life expectancy is short
Managing issues: Air pollution
monitoring air pollution
encouraging walking, cycling
uber boat to stop people driving
Managing issues: Waste
encourage reduce, reuse, recycle
allow people to sort and sell wastw
Managing issues: Water pollution
10 mega sewage waste water plants
Managing issues: Traffic congestion
encourage walking, cycling
built a second road and built a bridge to connect roads
terminal built to encourage people to use the lagoon river
railways
uber boat
Managing issues: Education in low income areas
In the Makoko slum a school on the river was built to encourage and eccess children to an education, it unfortunately was not successful but a great idea
