1
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dicuss the socio-economic and environmental problems associated with shanty towns
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- Lagos is low lying/1/3 on lagoon/ vurnerable to sea level change.
- obtaining safe drinking water challenging/
-communal toilets shared - uncontrolled sewage from the city/water-borne disease
-solid waste managment ineffective /burning
-residents lack legal rights/eviction - fishermen do not own fridges/ smoking/fumes bad for health/eye ailments
- poor health/overcrowding
2
Q
Discuss problems about the traffic problems in Lagos
A
- Streets are incredibly congested/air pollution.
- Physical geo of lagos/ restricts cars to only a few bridges/congestion
- Increased private car ownership
- Insufficient transport infrastructure
- On street vendors/narrow roads
- air pollution 5 times recommended limit
- spending longs periods of time in traffic/ affects wellbeing and producctivity.
3
Q
Strategies to manage transport problems in Lagos.
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- Bus Rapid Transit/cheap/shorter
- Lagos Rail Mass Transit/0emmisions/shorter
- Fourth Mainland bridge/north-south connection.
- Lagos Cable car transit system/remove 9000 vehicles/shorter
-Lagos Ferry/mobile app - Lagos Traffic Radio/96.1FM
- Multistorey Car Parks
