Lagos - contemporary urban environment Flashcards
(19 cards)
Where is Lagos
Largest city in Nigeria
Population of Lagos
23 million people
growing at 3.7% a year
How many migrants arrive annually in Lagos
250,000
Lagos economic importance
Main financial centre for West Africa
80% Nigerias industry based in Lagos
Lagos pull factors
better paying job opportunities, better sanitation and medical facilities, better education.
Healthcare in Lagos leading to
70 life expectancy, compared to 53 rest of Nigeria.
Economic opportunities in Lagos
Job opportunity - informal (makoko) and formal economy.
Jobs well paid - avg salary of $5,500
Social challenges of Lagos
50% of Lagos lives in slums like Makoko.
Avg population density of 20,000 people per km2
Environmental challenges of Lagos
only 40% rubbish collected.
High traffic congestion.
Water in Lagos
Only 10% have piped water that has been treated and purified.
Air pollution in Lagos
5x higher rates of air pollution than recommended limit.
PM2.5 readings of 217
LAMATA 2003
Integrated bus transit system reducing travel times, 200,000 people use daily (25% commuters), reduced air pollution by 13%, only runs north to south - does not cater for whole of Lagos.
what % of Nigerias urban population live in slums
50%
Lagos GDP PC and HDI
$6,600, 0.652
How many people enter Lagos a day and likely end up in slums like Makoko
2,000
Waste problems in Lagos
10,000 tonnes waste disposed at Olusosun landfill a day.
Olusosun infrastructure same as when population was 3 million in 1970s
Economic compression in Lagos
40% of new cars in Nigeria are registered in Lagos
EKO ATLANTIC
accomodation for 250,000 people and employment for 150,000 built on 3.5 square miles of Atlantic ocean land. Likely to exacerbate inequality with high prices and no plan to help slum dwellers.
Dredging also damages marine ecosystem
Roads in Lagos
Commuters spend on Avg 3hrs in traffic jams a day in Lagos,
Road fatality rate is 3x higher than European rates
