Urban Growth Lagos CGP P71-72 (2) Problems with Rapid growth

Lagos' population density has rapidly increased to around ......................, creating a challenge

• 10,000 people per km²

• 20,000 people per km²

• 25,000 people per km²

How does the growth of Lagos create more inequality?

• A large part of the population work in the informal economy

• Many people live in squatter settlements

• Many of the population live on $1.25 a day

• All of these factors create inequality

66% of the population live in illegal settlements called slums the largest of which is

• Badia

• Iwaya

• Makoko

House prices have ............... in Lagos because construction cannot keep up with the growth of the population. As a result houses have a scarcity value.

• dropped

• risen

• stabilised

 

Illegal slums in Lagos are often demolished to clean up the city and residents are evicted and left ...................

How much of the city is connected to the state water-supply?

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%

Clean water is in such short supply that householders pay hugely inflated prices to informal sellers.

• True

• False

Suitable sanitation conditions relate to public health, especially the provision of .................. and ................... (Tick 2)

• clean drinking water

• adequate sewage disposal

• the number of sanitary facilities provided

Up to ........ householders can share one toilet and often the waste goes straight into the local water supply.

• 7

• 12

• 15

Contaminated water supply causes health problems through the spread of disease e.g. ..............

• Cholera

• Diarrhoea

• Gastritis

• All of these