Opportunities and Challenges of Urban Growth in Lagos

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Across
  1. 3. Harm to the environment caused by waste, traffic and factories.
  2. 4. Access to hospitals and clinics is often better in urban areas than in rural ones.
  3. 7. An effect where investment leads to more jobs, income and spending.
  4. 9. A social challenge that often increases in areas with high unemployment.
  5. 10. Unregulated jobs like street vending or shoe-shining that many rely on.
  6. 11. The sector that includes manufacturing and processing, which grows in urban centres.
  7. 15. An illegal housing area built by people without formal planning or access to basic services.
  8. 17. One of the main pull factors for people migrating to cities.
  9. 18. Slums, access to resources and services, unemployment, pollution, and congestion
  10. 19. A problem in slums where many people live in a small space.
Down
  1. 1. When people are willing and able to work but can’t find jobs.
  2. 2. Urban growth increases access to schools, colleges and universities.
  3. 5. Social (health, education, water, energy) and Economic (industrial growth)
  4. 6. Safe disposal of waste and access to toilets – often lacking in informal settlements.
  5. 8. Large gaps in income, access to services and living conditions between people.
  6. 12. A major challenge in fast-growing cities where rubbish collection can’t keep up.
  7. 13. Access to piped or treated water improves in growing cities.
  8. 14. Urban areas are more likely to have electricity networks than rural areas.
  9. 16. Traffic build-up caused by rapid urban growth and poor infrastructure.