Author Question: Shantytowns and squatter housing are growing in the unintended metropolises of the periphery due to ... (Read 26 times)

geoffrey · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

Shantytowns and squatter housing are growing in the unintended metropolises of the periphery due to

A) poverty and the lack of affordable housing.
B) the lack of engineers and developers with the skills to build homes.
C) environmental conditions that make permanent housing difficult to build.
D) misleading advertising.
E) unavailability of construction materials.

Question 2

Contributing to the unprecedented population growth that has made Lagos, Nigeria a shock city are all of the following except

A) replacement of informal economic activities with high-paying, formal jobs.
B) the discovery of oil.
C) the demographic transition.
D) political independence.