Urban change challenges

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    Created by
    Lewis Gilbert

    Cards (6)

    • Slums and settlements
      Makoko is a slum that is home to more than 100,000
      Over 60% of people of the Lagos population live in slums
      Solutions: 1. knock down the slums and create eco Atlantic. 2. government to create 'floating communities'
    • Providing clean water
      only 10% of the population in Lagos have clean piped water
      no solutions
    • Providing sanitary systems
      Less than 50% of the city has 'adequate sanitation systems'
      No solutions
    • Providing energy
      Power supply is unreliable in Lagos. Only the richest have their own generators
      Solutions: 2 new power stations are being built
    • Providing access to healthcare and education
      people still have to pay for healthcare and education in Lagos
      No solutions
    • Unemployment and crime
      Unemployment rate is 9.9%. People work in the informal economy which is illegal
      Solutions: the city brought in three helicopter for police to spot criminal activity