Population: Megacity experiencing rapid growth Flashcards
1
Q
Location
A
Lagos, Nigeria
2
Q
Nigeria is expected to go from the….
A
7th to the 3rd most populous country
3
Q
How many people is Lagos expected to hit by 2100?
A
88.3 million and become the most populous city in the world
4
Q
What is its current population at?
A
estimated to be at 22 million
5
Q
What are the causes of its growth?
A
- rural to urban migration +1200 people per day
- jobs
- healthcare: sanitation, vaccines
- water supply
- bright light syndrome
- better lifestyle
- better education
6
Q
What mindset to people in rural areas have when migrating to urban areas?
A
- Backwash effect: population is high in urban areas and low in rural areas.
These factors are what people in rural areas deem to be true, therefore causing rural-urban migration. However, in real life it may not always work/occur.
7
Q
What are the consequences of the growing population?
A
- slums/mega slums (60-70% people living in shanty towns)
- lack of taxpayers (only 600,000 in 22 million pay tax)
- congestion and pollution
- overcrowded housing
- people living, working near toxic waste
- lack of running water esp. clean water
- lack of education
- low wages for workers
- no electricity (at least not officially, people steal from power lines)
- lack of infrastructure and planned streets.
- increase in crime and corruption (not safe esp. for women)
- lack of sanitation - risk of disease spread
- risk of fire spread - people living close together.
8
Q
What is an example of a slum in Lagos?
A
Makoko slums
- most notorious slums in Lagos
- on water, used to be a small fishing village
- they buy rubbish which they used to reclaim land.
9
Q
Why is there a high potential of the demographic dividend to occur?
A
- when share of working class exceeds non working.
- of birth rate lowers there will be high proportion of economically active and low proportion of dependent.
- if everyone had formal employment it would boost the economy.
