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Getting rid of the poor? Agege: 459, 939
Oworonshoki: 78,786
Shomolu: 402,673
In 2013, part of the Badia East se lement, near Apapa 10km Ilaje / Bariga: 20,100
Port was demolished. The demoli on was comprehensive. Mushin: 633,120
The bulldozers destroyed homes, a church, a school, the Iwaya: 15,100
areas only well and its only medical centre, founded by Makoko: 85,840
Medicins San Fron eres. Now rising next to the site is a new Sari Iganmu / Orile: 43,500
block of more than 1,000 flats, each for rent at 1.4 million Amukoko: 50,080
Naira (about £4,500) a year: rents far beyond the wildest Badia East Otobo-Gbame Ijora / Badia: 118,500
fantasy of anyone in living in Badia. State authori es have Eko Atlan c (not a slum) Ajegunle: 55,200
been accused of using money ear-marked for slum
improvement as funding for middle-class homes and flats. fig.197 Loca on and es mated popula on of Lagos’ major slums.
At the end of 2016 the waterside se lement of Otobo- and set fire to the homes built on s lts over the water.
Gbame was targeted for demoli on by the Lagos State The evic ons were declared illegal by a Nigerian court in
government. 30,000 people lost their homes and 11 were January 2017, but state authori es and police returned in
killed as a demoli on task force bulldozed shoreline houses March and April to con nue demoli on. Environmental
health and security reasons were given for the demoli ons,
fig.198 Demolishing the Otobo-Gbane se lement. which were defended by the Lagos State Governor.
The demoli on opera on saw the police firing bullets
and tear gas, as residents fled to the water in canoes to
escape. The evic ons were again declared uncons tu onal
by the High Court in June 2017. The government was ordered
to halt evic ons and pay compensa on.
In the a ermath, residents like 21 year old Tina Edukpo
vowed to rebuild. “I want to rebuild my home because I
don't have any other place to go,” she told reporters. “This is
the third me they have demolished my home.”

Your Revision checklist

1. Describe the location of Lagos,
You should be confident you can define the terms city,
Nigeria. (2)
megacity and world city. You should be aware or the
2. With reference to figure 183, describe the changing distribution of megacities over the last few
growth of Lagos over the last century. (3) decades. You should try ro remember some facts and figures
3. Discuss the factors leading to rapid urban about how urban growth rates vary in parts of the world with
contrasting levels of development (pp55-60).
growth in Lagos. (6)
You will need to have an overview of the causes of rapid
4. Evaluate the role of rural-to-urban migration in
urbanisation in LIDCs including push and pull migration factors (p.61),
the growth of Lagos. (4)
and natural growth (birth rates exceeding death rates). You should be
5. “Lagos is the melting pot of West Africa.” aware of the different social, economic and environmental
Discuss this statement with reference to the social consequences of rapid urbanisation in LIDCs (pp.63-65).
and economic features of the city. (6)
The case study of Lagos is a city in an LIDC. You should be aware of
6. Describe the issues associated with housing the the way Lagos relates to Lagos state, Nigeria and the wider world. You
population of Lagos. (4) should be aware that migration (national and international, but in
7. Outline some of the issues associated with waste Lagos’ case most rural to urban) has had an impacts on the city's growth
(rubbish) management in Lagos. (4) and character (p.66). You should try to have a view on the ways of life
within the city, such as culture, ethnicity, housing, leisure and
8. “Eko Atlantic is the perfect solution to the consumption (pp.66-71).
housing crisis in Lagos.” Discuss this statement. (6)
Finally you must be clear about the contemporary challenges that
9. “Cities in Low-Income Developing Countries
affect urban change, including housing availability (pp.69-71),
face similar problems to those in Advanced
transport provision and waste management (p.68). You must be
Countries.” Discuss this statement with reference confident that you are able to discuss the sustainable strategies to
to two or more cities. (12) overcome one of the city's challenges (pp.68-71).

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Cities have distinct challenges and ways of life, influenced by its people and culture.
Man
Many factors contribute to a country’s economic development.The majority of the world’s population now live in urban areas.y factors contribute to a country’s economic development.