Daniel Immerwahr. The Politics of Architecture and Urbanism in Postcolonial Lagos, 1960-1986. Journal of African Cultural Studies (Thesis). Vol. 19. Taylor & Francis, Ltd. p. 165-186. JSTOR25473387.[پیوند مرده]
Summing the 16 LGAs making up Metropolitan Lagos (Agege, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Alimosho, Amuwo-Odofin, Apapa, Eti-Osa, Ifako-Ijaiye, Ikeja, Kosofe, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Mushin, Ojo, Oshodi-Isolo, Shomolu, Surulere) as per: The Nigeria Congress. "Administrative Levels – Lagos State". Archived from the original on 25 December 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2007.
Summing the 16 LGAs making up Metropolitan Lagos (Agege, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Alimosho, Amuwo-Odofin, Apapa, Eti-Osa, Ifako-Ijaiye, Ikeja, Kosofe, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Mushin, Ojo, Oshodi-Isolo, Shomolu, Surulere) as per: The Nigeria Congress. "Administrative Levels – Lagos State". Archived from the original on 25 December 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2007.
In 1995 "70 percent of Lagos’ population lived in slums in extremely poor environmental surroundings. Knee-deep floods sweeping raw sewage and refuse inside densely packed homes were frequent in neighborhoods where overcrowding was the norm. While the average residential density for Lagos was about 260 people per hectare, the population density in slums was between 790 and 1240 people per hectare. ", Nigeria - Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project, repport of World Bank, 2006 (lookup on 2016-11-23)
