Makoko

• Is the world's largest floating slums
• Population is between (est.) 85,000 and 250,000
• Challenges in Makoko:

  • Homes built from basic materials and are poorly constructed
  • Many homes built on stilts over the lagoon
  • Many houses lack basic sanitation facilities
  • Malaria and malnutrition are a major problem
  • High infant mortality rate
  • High population density leads to diseases spreading quickly
  • Most residents work in informal sector
  • Low incomes with high unemployment
• Urban Planning: Neighbourhood Hotspots

  • Shared facilities providing a place for people to gather

  
  

  Benefits:

  • They provide energy as they are biogas plants
  • Contain simple water harvesting and filter system
  • Have toilets, showers and doctors room
  • Locals are employed to improve local infrastructure
• Urban Planning: Floating Communities

  • floating school was built as a starting point that could be used as housing in future
  • this would benefit the poor and meets community needs

  
  

  Benefits:

  • Environmentally sustainable - had solar panels to provide energy
  • Could store rainwater to provide water source
  • Unskilled workers hired to build them allowing them to learning new skills to help them
  • Provided a school and community meeting place