Lagos, Nigeria- overpopulation

Question 1

1986, urban growth rate was

Answer 1

6% (twice that of rural)

Question 2

2010 what percentage living in urban areas?

Answer 2

40%

Question 3

inadequate fresh water

Answer 3

-not clean drinking water and sewage treatment and effluent discharge.=unhealthy living conditions

Question 4

increased levels of polution

Answer 4

air, noise, water and soil contamination

Question 5

irreversible loss of arable land

Answer 5

increases in desertification.

Question 6

high infant and child mortality rates

Answer 6

100/1000=no development of health system

Question 7

increased chance of epidemics/pandemics

Answer 7

due to overcrowded living conditions, malnutrition and inadequate, inaccessible or non-existent healthcare

Question 8

starvation

Answer 8

famine is aggravated by poverty. 70% Nigerians live in rural areas and these regions are underdeveloped= malnutrition has become an issue

Question 9

crime rates

Answer 9

increased theft by people steeling resources to survive