Geography at BMS

Ok kids, slight hitch – the video file was too large to upload! So if you follow the link below you should find a page with some video links (it’s he sight of Millfield School). Scroll down the list to the Nairobi.wmv file, and watch the film.

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When you have watched it answer these Q’s on paper and hand them in next Tuesday (16th Dec)

1. Why have so many people migrated to Nairobi from the countryside?
2. What impacts has this had on Nairobi?
3. What problems face migrants living in the squatter settlements?

One of the issues of rapid urbanisation in LEDC’s is that growth has been so fast it has outpaced the cities ability to provide essential services and homes for all the new inhabitants. This has resulted in the development of  a variety of informal settlements within these cities. These places (often known as squtter settlements, shanty towns or slums) grow in any free space, often occupying undesirable land (steep slopes, marsh, railway sidings, etc). They vary in size and age, but share several key charcteristics. Watch the two video clips of Kibera, Nairobi, and favelas in Brazil, below. Make notes about the charcteristics of informal settlements using the following headings: HOUSING, SERVICES, QUALITY OF LIFE.