Lagos And Nigeri Nigeria

Rapid urbanisation has caused a variety of problems, including transport congestion, lack of sufficient homes and living conditions, sanitary and health care issues, and crime. For all these problems, city planners have attempted potential solutions, each with varying degrees of success. Cities including London, Manila and Mumbai have several of the aforementioned problems, and have each tried their own potential solutions. This essay will discuss how successful these schemes have been in resolving these issues.

The country of Nigeria is located in West Africa, sharing land borders with Chad, Niger, Benin, and Cameroon. The country covers 923,768 square kilometers, making it the 32nd largest nation in the world. This is the most populous country in Africa with more than 160 million people living there. Nigeria has three major ethnic groups the Hausa-Fulani, the Igbo, and the Yoruba. These Three groups constitute about 70 percent of the population (Chigozie, 2016).

However, in many cases the growth in cities has outpaced the ability of city authorities to provide for housing and environmental and health infrastructures (Ooi, Phua i30)

With the advent of globalization and industrialization, urban migration and expansion of cities have become a global trend. South American nations are amongst being most rapid urbanized countries. As more people migrate to urban areas in search of better work opportunities, the cities here are growing in size and number (Ferguson & Navarrete, 2003). This problem is native to not just Latin American countries but is a major concern for most of the developing world. As estimated by the UN (United Nations, 2016), 3 billion people or about 40% of the world population would be living in substandard housing as a result of urban expansions and population growth. This is perceived to be a direct impact of rapid urbanization and excessive strain on

According to the sacred grove(s) means any grove of trees that’s connected with God or a god or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration. (Oxford University Press) In Ghana, there are about 2000 sacred groves. One grove near Tamale in Northern Ghana is Malshegu, its 325 years old, and it provides herbs for local medicine, social, religious purposes. (Descher)

Nigeria was ruled by the British for several years but gained its independence in 1960. Shortly after gaining its independence in 1966 a civil war broke out and has continued into the recent years. This year was the first time Nigeria had a successful election without any violence. The capital of Nigeria was Lagos but was moved to Abuja in 1986. What is interesting is that Abuja is similar to Washington D.C. in the United States. Like Washington D.C., Abuja is not a state but rather a federal district. There are some interesting things that are very different from our culture as well.

Nigeria is said that it is One-Third bigger than Texas, Nigeria is the biggest country in Africa. Nigeria’s current president is Muhammadu Buhari he’s been the president since 2015. Nigeria is runned by a multiparty Government meaning the Military can control the civilians if they wanted to and to tell them what to do. The population in Nigeria is 179 million people living in the country. People in Nigeria still have farms and they have jobs to provide for their

The country of Nigeria is located in Western Africa and borders the Gulf of Guinea between Benin on the west and Cameroon on the east. The country's land mass goes from the Gulf of Guinea in the south to the Sahel in the north. Comparatively, Nigeria is a little more than twice the size of California, or the size of California, Nevada, and Arizona combined. The capital of Nigeria is Abuja. Abuja replaced the former capital, Lagos in December 1991, because of its more central location, among other reasons. Lagos still does remain Nigeria's commercial capital. (encyclopedia.com)

Nigeria is as often as possible implied as the "Giant of Africa", inferable from its inconceivable people and economy. With around 184 million occupants, Nigeria is the most jammed country in Africa and the seventh most swarmed country on the planet. Nigeria has one of the greatest masses of youth on the planet.

Nigeria was colonized by Britain. Britain as a colony influenced change and impacted on the economy, education and religion aspects in Nigeria.

Nigeria’s population is about 173.6 million people, this is on a survey carried out by the World Bank (World Bank data bank 2013). The average population density according to (UNDP, 2012 Revision) is approximately 173 persons per square kilometre, making Nigeria one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Though Lagos the former capital is the smallest state in Nigeria in terms of land mass with an area of 356,861 hectares but currently, it possesses the highest population which is over 17.5million as at 2006 census, (this is from parallel count conducted by the state during the national population census). With a projected growth rate of about 3.2%, the population of Lagos could be said to be over 21 million. (Population- Lagos State Government, 2014)

The housing facilities, water supply, road space, transport, solid waste disposal and piped water services are unable to keep up with the high speed of growing urbanization in Lagos due to the high population, population density, lack of finance and poor infrastructure.

Nigeria is the largest Sub-Saharan country in Africa and has a population of around 173 million people. The population is very diverse. It has over 200 ethnic groups, with three tribes known as the Yoruba (West), Ibo (East), and the Hausa (North). These tribes speak nearly 500 different indigenous languages (World Health Organization, 2015).

Nigeria is the most crowded nation in Africa, it is in the west coast of Africa. It has about 120 million people living there, is the largest group of Africans Ireland. Nigeria is a federal republic country and has 37 states, which practice strict Muslim laws in 12 of the states. It’s considered to be the world’s 32nd largest country. The north side of the country is the Hausa and the Fulanses, the more dominated part, the west is the Yorubas, then the east is the Igbos and Calabaro. (Nigeria, 2013).

Peri-urban is a term often used in literature texts concerning town planning and urban growth, yet there is a need to properly define the term and what constitutes its existence. In certain texts, peri-urban areas (PUA) are identified by their proximity to the city and as such PUAs are also known as the urban fringe, hinterlands and transition areas. Such proximity is caused by the physical expansion of a city’s physical boundary into adjoining regions. Physical expansions in such manner could stem from urban growth, economic growth and relocation of industries.(Lacquinta and Drescher 2000)