Waterhouses : landscapes, housing, and the making of modern Lagos / Mark Duerksen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duerksen, Mark, 1989- author.

Series:

Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 99.

Ohio University research in international studies, Africa series ; no. 99

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--Nigeria--Lagos.

Urbanization.

Housing--Nigeria--Lagos.

Housing.

Dwellings--Nigeria--Lagos.

Dwellings.

Natural resources--Nigeria--Lagos.

Natural resources.

Nigeria--History.

Nigeria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 301 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"How did Lagos, Nigeria, grow from a tiny island kingdom to a megalopolis famous for its frenetic and congested form of coastal urbanism? This first-of-its-kind history provides a comprehensive narrative for understanding one of Africa's largest cities-its buoyant vibrancy and its two-headed problem of housing shortages and rising seas-today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Èkó: Mapping What a House is in Lagos

Bar: Houses as Gateways to Status, Lagos Colony

Canal: Trenches in Land, Labor, and Sanitation Struggles, Imperial Lagos

Swamp: Foci in Land, Labor, and Sanitation Struggles, Interwar Years

Lagoon: Hidden Depths Across Independence

Atlantic: Gatekeepers of Wealth and Power, the Oil Years

Flooding: Barometers of Human Security in a Fractured Global Landscape

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 27, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Duerksen, Mark, 1989- Waterhouses

ISBN:

9780896805156

0896805158

OCLC:

1430205139