Lagos mega city Flashcards

Question

access to clean water in LAGOS

Answer 1

although Lagos has running by water, the most common way of obtaining for water is buying water for a huge inflated price 10% of the population letting us have piped water supply that has been treated in 90% rely on Wells or Saint Coles to reach underground water Street is only 40% of the state is connected to the state water supply

Answer 2

Legos doesn’t have enough electricity to power the whole city at once so neighbourhoods to take it in turns New power stations are being developed, including one powered by methane from the landfill 80% of people rely on disel l generators

Answer 3

well healthcare is better legal than where is it may cost money or involve a long queue vaccinations against diseases are available for children but must often be paid for m only one primary school in the Mococo free education is offered all younger children however in poor areas, many children have to work to support their families Many doctors moved to places like the UK is called the brain drain and it puts Lagos under considerable stress for healthcare .

Answer 4

There are not enough formal jobs for growing population Crime rates in Lagos are high, especially those involving drugs, vandalism and theft around 60% of the workforce is it in informal jobs such as waste recycling and street vendoring These jobs are often in dangerous and unreliable street gang known as the area boys have presents on most streets recruiting children, most members in their 20s are involved in low-level criminal activities. The gang makes money from drugs and offering protection .

Answer 5

waste is disposed and emissions for factories on regulated or controlled leading to pollution in the air bad traffic congestion and bad links and bad public transport. Only 40% of the 10,000 tons of waste produced in Lagos is collected 13% is recycled by the 500 people who work in the site informally ,workers face a 2 hour commute in rush-hour known as the "go slow" this is worsend by unlimited public transport and poor links to the city Centre

Answer 6

Meeting the needs of today generation without compromising further generations

Answer 7

Life expectancy, Income Education Healthcare Sanitation Environmental conditions Pollution Stability

Answer 8

2014 urban planning is needed so that children would have access to education so they could get a job in the formal sector

Answer 9

Ventilated roof air air-conditioning Local building materials emissions from transport. Green areas absorb CO2 Collected rainwater – not using other sources. Solar panels – renewable energy

Answer 10

was damaged by storm in 2016. Only holds 100 people 1 school for the whole slum Just primary education, no secondary

Answer 11

up at 100 students could be educated for free if they didn’t need to work or pay for school fees. School was used for community meetings and activities increasing the Cocos community spirit. School floated such as what level is protecting children for floods. School was built by local unsecured workers seals they learn to help them to repair their homes. School success and encourage the government to launch. It’s Makoko regeneration plan aiming to develop the slum further and build more homes and a plant to produce cooking gas for people.

Answer 12

School provided jobs for legal teachers. School success encourage the government to launch it’s Makoko regeneration plan and need to develop the slump further e.g. building more homes and a plant to produce cooking gas for people School floated, adjusting to different water levels, protecting children from floods education improves children’s jobs prospects

Answer 13

School was built using lovely source materials including 250 floating barrels. School ran on solar power and so collected room water didn’t use