| Give 4 push and pull factorsof Urbanisation in LIDCs? | Push factors: 1)Natural disasters
2)Mechanisation of farming
3)Drought
3)Conflict
Pull Factors: 1)More jobs
2)Education
3)Family reunion
4)Better quality of life |
| What are the 3 economic consequences of rapid urbanisation? | 1)High levels of unemployment
2)People in informal employment get underpayed and jobs aren't taxed so economy stunted
3)People cant get jobs because they weren't educated |
| What are the social consequences of rapid urbanisation? | 1)Arent enough houses so people end up in squatter settlements
2)Infastrucure cant be built to keep up so people dont have access to basic services
3)High crime rate |
| What are the environmental consequences of rapid urbanisation? | 1)Heaps of rubbish sometimes toxic
2)Sewage and toxic chemicals get into rivers damaging habitats
3)Congestion |
| Describe Lagos? | 1)Coast of Lagos western shore of a large lagoon
2)21 million people, grows by 500,000 a year
3)Contains 80% of Nigereas industry
4)Main financial centre for whole of west africa |
| Why is Lagos under rapid urbanisation? | 1)4 times higher average income
2)has loads of TNCs
3)Diversifying |
| Describve the ways of life in Lagos. | 1)2/3 population live in slums, rich live in gated communities e.g. banana island
2)Nollywood, Afrobeats
3)Western style shopping malls |
| Desribe squater settlements. | 1)Illeagal wooden flimsy houses on stilts - people face eviction
2)One primary school in makoko
3)15 households per toilet - raw sewage straight into lagoon
4)communal water point 3km from some homes
5)high crime rate 'area boys' |
| Describe health in Lagos. | 1) No propper sewage
2)Maleria
3)Healthcare centres are limmited as people can't afford
4)Rural migrants distrust western medicine and seek traditional healers |
| Describe Lagos informal jobs. | 1)Lack of formal jobs so people do informal e.g.scavange rubbish to sell items
2)60% population have informal jobs
3)long hours, little pay
4)Street stalls bulldozed to do things like road widening |
| Describe waste disposal in Lagos. | 1)population 9000 tonnes per day
2)40% rubbish officially collected
3)waste disposal and emmisions not delt with- water and air pollution |
| Describe sustaionable soloutions in Lagos. | Lagos state intergrated waste managment project made to reduce landfill & pollution
1)World bank - financing project to collect waste from foodmarkets turn to compost
2)Ikosi food market - methane produced from waste, burnt to generate electricity
- site at Olusosun -pipes placed in rubbish to collect methane |
