Urbanization of Lagos
CONTENTS:
Urbanization …………………………………………………………………………… 1
Reasons …………………………………………………………………………… 2
Actions …………………………………………………………………………... 3 & 4
Success …………………………………………………………………………… 5
Alternate solutions …………………………………………………………………………… 6
Parallels …………………………………………………………………………… 7
Lessons to Learn …………………………………………………………………………… 7
Over Population …………………………………………………………………………… 8
Electricity Shortages …………………………………………………………………………… 9
Reasons …………………………………………………………………………… 10& 11
Actions …………………………………………………………………………… 12
Success …………………………………………………………………………… 13
Alternate solutions …………………………………………………………………………… 13
Parallels …………………………………………………………………………… 14–17
Lessons to Learn …………………………………………………………………………… 17–18
Pollution …………………………………………………………………………… 19
Reasons …………………………………………………………………………… 19-20
Actions …………………………………………………………………………… 21
Success …………………………………………………………………………… 21
Alternate solutions …………………………………………………………………………… 22
Parallels …………………………………………………………………………… 22
Lessons to Learn …………………………………………………………………………… 22
Reference …………………………………………………………………………… 23
URBANIZATION
Due to the large numbers of immigrants from the surrounding rural areas desiring to improve their economic positions, the city is flooded with people seeking employment and cannot sustain all of them. This causes many of the city dwellers to resort to informal employment such as cattle broking, recycling and street vending.
This in turn keeps a great number of these people leaving below the poverty line and in turn families cannot afford to send their children to school. Young children, some pre-teenagers, find themselves running the streets of the city looking for jobs or some ways to fend for themselves, or simply loitering around in gangs causing trouble around.
Coupled together, such problems cause the desperate ones to engage themselves into criminal activities.
Because of the great number of people who use the road for
Urbanization …………………………………………………………………………… 1
Reasons …………………………………………………………………………… 2
Actions …………………………………………………………………………... 3 & 4
Success …………………………………………………………………………… 5
Alternate solutions …………………………………………………………………………… 6
Parallels …………………………………………………………………………… 7
Lessons to Learn …………………………………………………………………………… 7
Over Population …………………………………………………………………………… 8
Electricity Shortages …………………………………………………………………………… 9
Reasons …………………………………………………………………………… 10& 11
Actions …………………………………………………………………………… 12
Success …………………………………………………………………………… 13
Alternate solutions …………………………………………………………………………… 13
Parallels …………………………………………………………………………… 14–17
Lessons to Learn …………………………………………………………………………… 17–18
Pollution …………………………………………………………………………… 19
Reasons …………………………………………………………………………… 19-20
Actions …………………………………………………………………………… 21
Success …………………………………………………………………………… 21
Alternate solutions …………………………………………………………………………… 22
Parallels …………………………………………………………………………… 22
Lessons to Learn …………………………………………………………………………… 22
Reference …………………………………………………………………………… 23
URBANIZATION
Due to the large numbers of immigrants from the surrounding rural areas desiring to improve their economic positions, the city is flooded with people seeking employment and cannot sustain all of them. This causes many of the city dwellers to resort to informal employment such as cattle broking, recycling and street vending.
This in turn keeps a great number of these people leaving below the poverty line and in turn families cannot afford to send their children to school. Young children, some pre-teenagers, find themselves running the streets of the city looking for jobs or some ways to fend for themselves, or simply loitering around in gangs causing trouble around.
Coupled together, such problems cause the desperate ones to engage themselves into criminal activities.
Because of the great number of people who use the road for