People of the planet urban + Lagos case study

Question 1

What is a megacity?

Answer 1

A city with a population of over 10 million people

Question 2

What is a world city?

Answer 2

A city considered to be an important hub in the world economic system

Question 3

What are the 2 main causes for urbanisation

Answer 3

1. Natural increase - more people born than die each year
2. Rural-urban migration - people migrating from rural to urban areas

Question 4

What is the name of Nigeria’s film industry

Answer 4

Nollywood

Question 5

What are the consequences of rapid urbanisation?

Answer 5

Creation of slums
Lack of legal ownership
Lack of planning
Lack of infrastructure

Question 6

How fast is the rate of growth of Lagos?

Answer 6

4%

Question 7

What percentage of migration into Lagos is from the countryside?

Answer 7

40%

Question 8

How many millionaires does Lagos have?

Answer 8

> 9000

Question 9

How many people live in Makoko?

Answer 9

250,000

Question 10

What are the 3 main problems challenges in Lagos?

Answer 10

Traffic and transport
Housing
Waste

Question 11

How many bridges connect the mainland and the island?

Answer 11

3

Question 12

How many cars were registered in 2010?

Answer 12

230,000 cars

Question 13

How many people move into Lagos every year?

Answer 13

500,000 people

Question 14

How many houses are built each year?

Answer 14

2000

Question 15

How much waste does each person generate each day?

Answer 15

0.65kg

Question 16

What is the name of Lagos’s largest slum?

Answer 16

Makoko

Question 17

How much waste is produced daily?

Answer 17

10,000 tonnes

Question 18

What are the benefits of Eko Atlantic?

Answer 18

New land is being created, decompressing the population

Question 19

What are the negatives of Eko Atlantic?

Answer 19

It is aimed only at the rich business people so the poorer won’t be able to have any access to the land

Question 20

What are the benefits of Tempohousing?

Answer 20

It’s cheap, takes only a few weeks to build and affordable for the working middle class and reuses old resources

Question 21

What are the negatives of Tempohousing?

Answer 21

People have concerns over how long it can last as a home

Question 22

What are the positives of Floating housing?

Answer 22

Floating housing targets the poorest people and also is immune to flooding or rising sea levels

Question 23

What are the negatives of Floating housing?

Answer 23

It could be difficult to build and have issues in extreme weather conditions

Question 24

How many people move in to Lagos each day?

Answer 24

2000

Question 25

How many passengers does Murtala Muhammed International Airport serve?

Answer 25

> 7 million

Question 26

What is urbanisation?

Answer 26

The increasing proportion of population living in urban areas

Question 27

What is the largest megacity in the world?

Answer 27

Tokyo

Question 28

What kind of city is Lagos

Answer 28

Beta-

Question 29

Is the population density of Lagos high or low?

Answer 29

High

Question 30

What is a Baale?

Answer 30

A local Nigerian cheif

Question 31

What is conurbation?

Answer 31

A large urban agglomeration that results from several cities merging over time

Question 32

What is marginal land?

Answer 32

Land that is undesirable and has little potential for profit

Question 33

What is natural increase

Answer 33

The natural growth in population as Birth Rates exceed Death Rates

Question 34

What is a push factor?

Answer 34

Factors that make people want to leave the area they live in

Question 35

What is a pull factor?

Answer 35

Factors that make people want to move to an area

Question 36

What is rural-urban migration?

Answer 36

The movement of people from rural to urban areas