Lagos - stuff

Question 1

dicuss the socio-economic and environmental problems associated with shanty towns

Answer 1

• Lagos is low lying/1/3 on lagoon/ vurnerable to sea level change.
• obtaining safe drinking water challenging/
  -communal toilets shared
• uncontrolled sewage from the city/water-borne disease
  -solid waste managment ineffective /burning
  -residents lack legal rights/eviction
• fishermen do not own fridges/ smoking/fumes bad for health/eye ailments
• poor health/overcrowding

Question 2

Discuss problems about the traffic problems in Lagos

Answer 2

• Streets are incredibly congested/air pollution.
• Physical geo of lagos/ restricts cars to only a few bridges/congestion
• Increased private car ownership
• Insufficient transport infrastructure
• On street vendors/narrow roads
• air pollution 5 times recommended limit
• spending longs periods of time in traffic/ affects wellbeing and producctivity.

Question 3

Strategies to manage transport problems in Lagos.

Answer 3

• Bus Rapid Transit/cheap/shorter
• Lagos Rail Mass Transit/0emmisions/shorter
• Fourth Mainland bridge/north-south connection.
• Lagos Cable car transit system/remove 9000 vehicles/shorter
  -Lagos Ferry/mobile app
• Lagos Traffic Radio/96.1FM
• Multistorey Car Parks