Lagos

Question 1

Location of Lagos

Answer 1

• it lies on the southwest of Nigeria
• at the coast of the Gulf of Guinea
• it is close to the border with Benin

Question 2

When did Abuja take over as the capital from Lagos?

Answer 2

•1991

Question 3

How much of Nigeria’s industry is based in and around Lagos

Answer 3

80%

Question 4

How important is Lagos to Africa

Answer 4

• It is one of three megacities in Africa

* it is the financial centre of west Africa

Question 5

Lagos population growth rate

Answer 5

600,000 people per year

Question 6

Area of Lagos

Answer 6

1,000km squared

Question 7

Average earnings

Answer 7

£670 per year

Question 8

Gross domestic product

Answer 8

£18 billion per year

Question 9

Waste per day

Answer 9

10,000 tonnes per day

Question 10

Reported murderers

Answer 10

1% of households have reported the murder of a family member

Question 11

Religion

Answer 11

• 68% Christian

* Large minority are Muslim

Question 12

What was the main cause of migration to Lagos in the 1970s?

Answer 12

• oil boom

* this drew thousands of people t the city for work

Question 13

Why is there a high rate of natural increases in Lagos

Answer 13

The city’s population is young as most of the migrants are young

Question 14

Push factors in rural areas to Lagos

Answer 14

• education and health services are poor
• weather is less predictable,droughts and floods occur
• farming has low wage
• few job opportunities
• land shortage for farming
• land is degraded
• terrorise groups such as Boko Haram are active

Question 15

Problems with Lagos

Answer 15

• congested roads
• high crime rates
• violent street gangs
• short supply of electricity
• poor sewage system

Question 16

What are the two economies in Lagos

Answer 16

• formal economy- teacher, paying tax

* informal economy- street vendor, don’t pay tax

Question 17

What opportunities are available in Lagos?

Answer 17

• employment- more jobs in Lagos than anywhere else in Nigeria
• education- more schools and universities, more chance of going into growing industries like finance, film or fashion
• health care- much more hospitals
• electricity- two new power stations to be put in place
• water- public taps, boreholes or buy water from street vendors

Question 18

How much of Lagos’ population live in squatter settlements or slums?

Answer 18

60%

Question 19

What is the average wage for the informal economy?

Answer 19

£1 per day

Question 20

What percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) does Lagos contribute to in Nigeria?

Answer 20

30%

Question 21

What is the new project in Lagos?

Answer 21

• Eko Atlantic
• plans to be the new financial hub of West Africa
• joint project between the city government and international private investors
• it will be home to 250,000 people and employ 150,000 more

Question 22

What is the 2016 Employment Trust Fund bill?

Answer 22

•a bill to grabt unemployed people loans to help them being self employed

Question 23

What percentage of new jobs created are in the informal section?

Answer 23

90%

Question 24

Waste issues

Answer 24

• only 40% of rubbish is collected
• only 13% is recycled
• toxic fumes are released
• 3,000 tonnes of waste are sorted per day by hand
• workers live at the dump
• natural gases build up and cause fires

Question 25

What is Lagos State Waste Management?

Answer 25

* a company planning to use rubbish to harness energy from collected methane * this would produce 25MW enough to power a town

Question 26

Housing conditions in squatter settlements

Answer 26

* 25% of houses have more than one room * 10% have a bath, kitchen and toilet * 11% have piped water * 10% of toilets have a septic tank

Question 27

What are the ways of collecting water in Lagos?

Answer 27

* piped supply * water vendors * self made Wells or boreholes * public taps * river

Question 28

How are rising sea levels a threat to Lagos?

Answer 28

* Lagos is vulnerable to flooding * flat, low-lying land that is quick to flood but slow to drain * it has a wet tropical climate with over 2,000 millimetres of annual rainfall * rapid urbanisation has covered land with concrete * squatter settlements have no proper drainage

Question 29

Average time in traffic per person

Answer 29

3 hours per day

Question 30

What is air pollution like?

Answer 30

5x higher than the international recommended limit

Question 31

What has been done to reduce traffic congestion?

Answer 31

* in 2003 Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) was set up * a bus rapid transit system was introduced into the CBD * this provides a separate lane for buses to reduce travel times. * 200,000 people use the service each day, a quarter of all commuters * there are a lot of taxis known as danfos which carry 10-15 people

Question 32

How could a transport master plan help Lagos?

Answer 32

* in 2016 a west-east route into the CBD designed to carry 1,400,000 people per day * this is part of a wider Strategic Transport Master Plan for Lagos * a new waterway network of ferries * better urban planning * a new airport on the Lekki Penisula * better walking and cycling facilities

Question 33

How can urban planning improve Lagos?

Answer 33

* create communities on water around Lagos * the Makoko Floating School was built in 2014 * it can host lessons for 69 children at a time and is also used for a community centre

Question 34

How can urban planning have environmental benefits?

Answer 34

* the makoko floating school is environmentally stable * it helps withstand the rising sea levels * solar panels * natural ventilation * shade from sunlight * local building materials used

Question 35

What challenges do Lagos face in the 21st century

Answer 35

* growing population- predicted to have a population of 40m by 2035 * population density- there is only limited space for people and is already 4x more crowded than London * rising sea levels- it will rise 1m by end of 21st century * water supply- lacks systems for storing water for population * power supply- poor electricity system