LIDC

• LIDC - Urban Futures

  Lagos, Nigeria
• Sustainable Housing Strategies in Lagos

  Tempohousing

  Makoko floating settlement
• What is tempohousing

  houses out of cargo containers
• reduces shortage of building material

  positive of tempohousing
• new cheaper spaces to live (25 - 30 cents cheaper)

  positive of tempohousing
• quicker to build

  takes months for concrete but weeks for tempohousing

  positive of tempohousing
• company invested in insulator that pads container walls

  positive of tempohousing
• form of air-conditioning needed due to heat in Lagos

  negative of tempohousing
• despite innovation, some do not plan to embrace this lifestyle of tempohousing

  negative of tempohousing
• secondary benefits

  provides education

  can get jobs

  helps communities

  children will benefit

  positives of Makoko floating settlement
• makoko floating settlement inspired positive alternatives to building on land as effects of climate change increase


  urbanisation increases

  positive of makoko floating settlement
• makoko building settlements can function on different ways depending on what community needs

  positive
• Makoko floating settlements made with wooden cutoffs and local bamboo

  positive of makoko floating settlement
• makoko floating settlement is a short term solution


  only lasts 3 years

  negative of makoko floating settlement
• inability of building to effectively withstand impact lots of rainfall


  children would lose education

  communities would lose access to necessities

  negative of makoko floating settlement
• lack of good sanitation


  assumed that water which makoko floating settlement will be built on is unsanitary / dirty
• Migration in Lagos Nigeria
• Consequences of Migration in Lagos


  population growth of 4% per year

  expected that population will double in 15 years as the population increases by 85 people per hour

  40% of the migration is rural to urban migration

  migration from surrounding LIDCs (Benin and Togo) increase slums (Makoko)
• Challenges of population growth in Lagos


  10 thousand people arrive looking for work each week

  Big slum created

  no education

  increase of crime in young adults

  residents live in fear of eviction

  low income per day
• Slum in Lagos


  created next to market and bus terminal

  mega slums are being created due to high increase of migration

  1 and 1/2 mil people living
• no education


  children / young adults have to work but still have no money to gain necessity's

  leading to starvation within Lagos / Nigeria
• Area Boys


  name of gang of young boys in Lagos

  get paid to protect people - main job

  no security / lack of policing makes their job popular to certain people
• crime / corruption


  popular in young adults

  young criminals involved with illegal drugs

  low employment of young men - end up relying on illegal activities
• no police


  high levels of crime
• low employment rates but overpopulated

  most people earn 25p a day