Urbanisation + Lagos Case Study

Question 1

(2)

What is urbanisation?

Answer 1

• Growth in the PROPORTION of…
• people living in URBAN areas.

Question 2

(3)

What are the rates of urbanisation in:
1. HICs
2. LICs
3. NEEs

Answer 2

HICs - <1%
NEEs - 6%
LICs - 2%

Question 3

(3)

Give some push factors of rural-urban migration.

Answer 3

• Natural Disasters
• Desertification
• Mechanised Agriculture –> displacing farmers.

Question 4

(4)

Give some pull factors of rural-urban migration.

Answer 4

• More jobs
• Better healthcare
• Better education
• Better QoL
• Family relations.

Question 5

(2)

What is a natural increase?

Answer 5

When birth rate exceeds death rate.

Question 6

(2)

What is Lagos’s regional significance?

Answer 6

• Well connected to other major towns
• = Important centre for regional trade

Question 7

(2)

What is Lagos’s national significance?

Answer 7

• Home to 80% Nigeria’s industry
• was capital of Nigeria until Abuja became the capital in 1991.

Question 8

(2)

What is Lagos’s international significance?

Answer 8

• main FINANCIAL CENTRE for whole of WEST AFRICA.
• International port and airports are important for GLOBAL TRADE.

Question 9

(4)

What social opportunities does Lagos provide?

Answer 9

• almost 90% of Nigerian children in URBAN areas attend primary school.
• has almost 20k schools.
• Lagos uses about 40% of Nigeria’s electricity supply.
• Water treatment plants = access to POTABLE WATER.

Question 10

(3)

What economic opportunities does Lagos provide?

Answer 10

• Rapid growth = more CONSTRUCTION JOBS
• Has a thriving film industry = NOLLYWOOD.
• 2 major PORTS and a GROWING fishing industry in LAGOS.

Question 11

(6)

How does rapid growth of Lagos affect access to water, sanitation and energy?

Answer 11

Water:
- short supply of water
- more people pay INFLATED PRICES to INFORMAL SELLERS.

Sanitation:
- up to 15 households can share a toilet.
- waste goes to LOCAL water sources.

Energy:
- Doesnt have enough electricity so it is shared minimally.
-Some get it from ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS. (can be easily cut).

Question 12

(2)

How does rapid growth of Lagos affect accommodation?

Answer 12

• many live in squatter settlements (66%)
• Built illegaly.

Question 13

(2)

How does rapid growth of Lagos affect access to healthcare and education?

Answer 13

• not enough healthcare facilities
• not enough schools.

Question 14

(2)

How does rapid growth of Lagos affect unemployment and crime?

Answer 14

not enough formal jobs so…
- around 60% work in INFORMAL JOBS.
- high levels of crime: Makoko filled with a gang ‘area boys’

Question 15

(3)

How does rapid growth of Lagos affect the environment?

Answer 15

• > 9000 tonnes of waste produced IN A DAY
• Waste disposal from factories
• Bad traffic = lots of AIR POLLUTION

Question 16

(2)

What were some social benefits of the urban planning scheme in Lagos?

Answer 16

• up to 100 students can be educated FOR FREE.
• School was also used for COMMUNITY MEETINGS and extra ACTIVITES.

Question 17

(2)

What were some economic benefits of the urban planning scheme in Lagos?

Answer 17

• provided jobs for TEACHERS
• enabled government to develop the slums further (by building homes and a BIOGAS plant).

Question 18

(3)

What were some environmental benefits of the urban planning scheme in Lagos?

Answer 18

• School was very buoyant - able to ADJUST to DIFFERENT WATER LEVELS.
• ran on SOLAR POWER.
• collected RAINWATER to meet water needs.