01.02.21 Urban Growth in Lagos: Urban Planning

01.02.21 Urban Growth in Lagos: Urban Planning

Understanding how urban planning can resolve challenges in NEE's

- Show understading of different challenges within Lagos

- Assess the opportunity for new development

- Evaluating different - Urban Planning Strategies

Let's see what you can remember for the past few lessons about Lagos

5 quick questions, you have 30 seconds to answer each question.....

Your points score is based on the correct answer and how quickly you give your answer.

Good Luck!

Multiple Choice

What is the relationship between level of education and birthrate?

• Level of education increases, birth rate increases

• Level of education increases, birth rate decreases

• Level of education increases, birth rate stays the same

Multiple Choice

Lagos is....

• the capital city of Nigeria

• a mega city located in the south west of Nigeria

• a small city in Nigeria

• a mega city located in the north east of Nigeria

• a mega city in the country of Niger

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a slum settlement within Lagos?

• Moloko

• Macau

• Makoko

• Olusosun

• Eko Atlantic

Open Ended

Give ONE human opportunity of Lagos.

Challenge: Explain how this is an opportunity

Open Ended

Give ONE challenge of Lagos

Challenge: Explain how this is a challenge?

Starter: What do you think are the best reasons for developing urban areas?

Challange: Why might there be different views about urban planning?

Write your answer in the chat box.

Review: Three ways of looking at Lagos

- Opprtunities Vs Challenges

- Formal Vs Informal

- Human Vs Physical

Multiple Select

Which of the following can be categorised as an opportunity in Lagos

• Olusosun is a huge landfil site near the centre of Lagos. The slum has grown up around the site made from discarded materials

• Many workers wear no shoes or have no gloves, meaning sharp objects can cut the workers

• Often workers breathe in toxic fumes from the rubbish which can affect their health

• Each day the workers sort 3,000 tonns of waste by hand, picking out valuable items to sell

• Around 500 people work at the dump

Multiple Select

Which of the following can be categorised as an challenge in Lagos

Challenge: (In the chatbox) If you were in government, which order would you fix the challenges, explain why?

• Waste is imported to Olusosun. It is treated with chemicals to extract reusable materials, releasing toxic fumes

• Each day the workers sort 3,000 tonnes of waste by hand, picking out valuable items to sell.

• Often workers breathe in toxic fumes from the rubbish which can affect their health

• There are shops, restaurants, bars, cinemas and a mosque at the dump.

• Many workers wear no shoes or have no gloves meaning sharp obects can cut the workers

Formal vs Informal

Lagos may have formal and informal jobs, housing and even laws...

Formal = With planning, paperwork, protection, rights

Informal = without planning, without paperwork, without protection, without rights

Open Ended

Why might Lagos be more affected by things that are in the informal sector rather that the formal?

HINT: Is the formal sector monitored by the government, can it be easily controlled?

TASK: In the chatbox, list which of the jobs are in the formal sector?

Human vs Physical

Location of Lagos

• Is the location useful compared to other places in Nigeria?

• Is it near to anything useful?

• Is there access to anything useful that the rest of Nigeria might not have?

• Is this classed as Human or Physical?

Water Supply

• Is there enough water to support a MegaCity such as Lagos?

• Only 10% of the population have access to piped water

• Is water from boreholes and local wells safe to use?

• Is this classed as Human or Physical?

Resources

• Are there nearby resouces to sell?

• How does this compare with the rest of the country?

• Would the resources found in Lagos be of greater value to the economy?

• Is this classed as Human or Physical?

Open Ended

Physical geography is important to Lagos because...

Trade

• What does lagos have, that the rest of Nigeria might not?

• Why is this important to the economy in Lagos?

• Is this of Regional/National/International importance?

• Is this classed as Human or Physical?

Education

• Are people in Lagos more or less well-educated than the rest of Nigeria?

• Will there be enough well-educated or literate people to work in higher-level jobs?

• Are all people in Lagos eductated to the same level?

• Is this classed as Human or Physical?

Employment

• Are there jobs for people to work and earn money?

• Are those jobs generating tax for the government to spend on services?

• Do people have jobs security?

• Is this classed as Human or Physical?

Poll

Which of these contrasts can we solve most easily?

• Opportunities vs Challenges

• Formal vs Informal

• Human vs Physical

Open Ended

What do you think are the easiest and hardest parts of these contrast to overcome? Explain how these could be overcome..

(Challenge: In the Chatbox, add what you think the Nigerian Government actually did)

Solving the educational issue

The Makoko Floating School

• Why do you think it was a floating school?

• What do you thing the benifitis of this might be?

• What other benefits might there be?

Any new development MUST look to address...

TASK: As we learn about the new developments in Lagos, decide if the benefits are Economic, Environemental or Social.

https://cdn.theguardian.tv/mainwebsite/2016/02/23/160223MakokoWaterworld_desk.mp4

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements are true?

• It is the ONLY school in Makoko

• It is built in an area where there is lots of land available

• Students will still be able to access school, even when there is flooding

• The new space is available for all activities not just eductation

• It as an expensive multi million dollar project using foreign investment

Multiple Choice

The main benefit of the Makoko floating schools is...

• Economic

• Environmental

• Social

Eko Atlantic - The 'Dubai' of Africa

• New City on the coast of Lagos,

• Expected population over 300,000

• 200,000 people due to commute into the area for new jobs

• Built on re-claimed land from ocean, stops costal erosion

• What happened to the slum areas that were here first?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glYH_9lO0-0

Play 0 to 1:15

Multiple Select

The Project will bring significant direct investment into Lagos. What type of effect is this?

• Economic

• Environmental

• Social

Multiple Choice

Communities which will be affected by the development were not consulted in the project plans. Is this...

• Economic

• Social

• Environmental

Open Ended

Explain what environmental impact the Eko Atlantic project will have on the areas surrounding Lagos

Open Ended

Plenary: Complete one of the three sentences.

Lagos is experiencing rapid urban growth because...

Lagos is experiencing rapid urban growth but...

Lagos is experiencing rapid urban growth so...