LAGOS- urban challenges Flashcards
how is the worlds population changing?
- over half live in cites
- predicted 60% will live in cities by 2030
- known as urbanisation
what are megacities?
-cities with populations over 10million
where are the highest rates of urbanisation?
LIC’s
Asia and Africa
where are the lowest rates of urbanisation?
richer HIC’s
Europe, North America and Oceania
what are the factors effecting urbanisation?
- migration (push pull theory)
- natural increase
what are push factors?
things that encourage people to move from an area
what are pull factors?
things that encourage people to move from an area
what are some of the push factors causing migration?
- natural disasters, floods, damaging property
- conflict or war
what are some of the pull factors causing migration?
- more jobs in urban areas
- access to healthcare
- join family
- better quality of life
what is natural increase?
birth rate is higher than death rate
where is Lagos located?
- Nigeria
- NEE(newly emerging economy)
- richest country in Africa
- coast of gulf of Guinea
what is the importance of Lagos?
- main financial centre of west of Africa
- capital of Nigeria
- 80% of Nigerias industry
- major international airport
what are the causes of growth in Lagos?
- migration
- natural increase
how do push and pull factors lead to rural-urban migration in Lagos?
- poor education and healthcare in rural areas
- changing clime, less predictable weather, droughts and floods
- farming= low wages+ handwork
- few jobs other than farming
how is natural increase effecting Lagos?
natural increases is also occurring but to as much as migration
what is Laogs’ population increase per year?
600,00 per year
how has urban growth in Lagos resulted in social opportunities?
- better range of medicines, doctors, hospitals
- 68% have secondary education in Lagos
- 40% don’t attend education in rual areas
- electricity for cooking
- lighting
- safe piped water
how has urban growth in Lagos resulted in economic opportunities?
- lots of construction jobs
- two major fishing ports
- country’s banks
- film and music industry ‘Nollywood’ films
how has urban growth created social challenges?
- 60% live in slums
- houses in Makoko are flimsy, on slits, lagoon, 1 school
- commercial toilets, 15 families, into lagoon
- electricity from illegal connections
- rime, self policed by gangs called ‘Area Boys’
how has urban growth created environmental challenges?
- 40% of rubbish collected- so large rubbish dumps, toxic waste
- air and water pollution
- traffic congestion- 2 hour commutes in rush hour
how is urban growth created economic challenges?
- not enough formal jobs
- make money by scavenging in rubbish
what is an example of urban planning in Lagos to improve the quality of life?
- Makoko floating school
- 60 children
- floating houses and community centres
- environmentally sustainable
