Geography 22/10/2020
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| 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 |