OVERVIEW

Growth of one urban area in a developing country, Lagos. Causes and impacts of this growth has had on Lagos and approaches to make Lagos more sustainable.

GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE

• I know the significance of Lagos’s location at different scales

• I know the structure of land use within Lagos

• I know the reasons for population changes in lagos throughout time (natural increase, migration and economic investment and growth)

• I know how Lagos has changed as a result of population growth and how this has affected the cities spatial growth and land use

• I know the opportunities that living in Lagos provides to its population

• I know the challenges that people in Lagos are facing due to its rapid growth

• I know that inequality exists in Lagos and the reasons for the differences in quality of life

• I know the different top down development approaches in Lagos and their advantages and disadvantages

• I know the different bottom up development approaches in Lagos and their advantages and disadvantages

LITERACY SKILLS

• To use comprehension skills to interpret case studies

GEOGRAPHICAL TERMINOLOGY

• Site (of a city)

• Situation (of a city)

• Squatter settlements

• Inequality

• CBD (central business district)

• Inner city

• Suburbs

• Urban-rural fringe

• Natural increase

• Spatial growth

• Quality of life

• Top-down development

• Bottom- up development

• Sustainability

CAREERS

Town planner- https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/town-planner 

Land Surveyor- https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/land-surveyor 

Planning and devlopment surveyor- https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/planning-and-development-surveyor 

Geospatial technician- https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/geospatial-technician 

WIDER READING

Students will complete a wider reading with comprehension question homeworks along with teacher led and whole class reading on the following articles:

• Eko Atlantic City:What future for Lagos, Nigeria?

• The city that won't stop growing: How can Lagos cope with its spiralling population?

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER (CROSS CURRICULAR)

• Maths: Percentage change, line graphs

• English: Comprehension skills to extract information about case studies

• Science: Density, waterbourne disease- cholera, sustainability