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Urban Environments - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Not enough jobs for migrants - citizens have to go on desperate resorts to gain money e.g. Scavenging in the waste/rubbish dumps
      - Waste disposal & emissions (factories) - not controlled - Causing air and water pollution
      - Traffic congestion - 2 hour commutes (lots of people)
      - 40% of rubbish is collected - large rubbish dumps containing toxic waste
      - <60% city's population live in slums (Makoto) - High levels of crime: - Slum is self policed by gangs
      - Houses are flimsy wooden huts built on stilts above the lagoon: - 1 primary school (Makoto) - Lots of families cannot afford to send their children to school
      - Communal toilets are shared by 15 households: - Waste goes to the lagoon below - Health problems (e.g. cholera)
      - Water comes from a communal water point: - <3km away - Only electricity comes from illegal connections, often cut out
    - - Better jobs
      - Many jobs in construction (as the city is quickly growing)
      - Film & music industry (Nollywood)
      - Home to lots of countries (governments & banks, manufacturing industries, major ports (2))
      - Water treatment plant - safe water piped to areas (city)
      - Healthcare centres & Hospitals - Better range of medicines
      - Electricity (cooking & lighting) - businesses can develop
      - 68% of the population has access to secondary education
    - - Poorest state (Nigeria), 81.2% poverty level
      - Harsh climate conditions - no go area
      - Prevented foreigners & foreign investors to find investment
      - Caliphate
      - 9 in 10 Nigerian (40.1%) gain less than ₦377 everyday (poor)
  - - - Overcrowding is common.
      - Sites are often hazardous.
      - Basic services are absent, especially water and sanitation.
      - Security of tenure is often lacking.
      - Levels of hygiene and sanitation are poor, and disease is
        common.
    - - They are points of assimilation for immigrants.
      - Informal entrepreneurs can work here and have clients
        extending to the rest of the city.
      - Informal employment, based at home, avoids commuting .
      - There is a strong sense of kinship and family support.
      - Crime rates are relatively low.