(a) What is a conurbation? (b) Name one conurbation each in three different countries (c)...

Explanation

conurbation is the name given to two or more towns/cities which have grown to merge with one another.

(b)(i) Lagos, ikeja (Nigeria)

(ii) Cairo-Ugize (Egypt)

(iii) Serrekund-Bakau(Gambia)

(iv) Khartoum-Omdurman (Sudan) ,era-Tema(Ghana)

(vi) New York-Philadelphia (USA)

(vii) Champaign-Illinois-Chicago (USA)

(viii) The Ruhr region in Germany (Dortmund, Essen, Dusseldorf)

(ix) Mild land of England-Birmingham-Walsal-Oldbury

(c) problems of a conurbation

(i) Traffic congestion

(ii) Housing congestion

(iii) Over-stretching of amenities

(iv) Pollution (industrial and environmental refuse)

(v) Unemployment

(vi) High cost of living

(vii) Uncontrolled crime wave

(viii) Slum development

(d) problems of a conurbation;

(i) Provision of more social amenities

(ii) Creation of more jobs/ industries

(iii) provision of more houses at affordable rates

(iv) Improved transport network or diversified means

(v) Improved waste disposal measures

(vi) Improved development control measures

(vii) Development of satellite towns