Making nigerian cities safe

StatiSense

Making Nigerian

Cities SafeAccording to Safe Cities Index 2015

A report by The Economist Intelligence Unit

IntroductionOne of the fundamentals of life is Housing and by extension conducive

environment for safety and wellbeing. The need to make Nigerian cities

conducive and safe is being threatened by both political and social

instabilities.

While no Nigerian city was rated in this Safe Cities Index 2015 report, I

believe Nigerian governments/people can learn from this report and

other safe cities; adapt/adopt applicable parameters for safe cities

and make necessary adjustment and investment to make Nigerian

cities safe.

While the need and meaning of ‘conducive’ is simple to comprehend,

how do Nigerian cities really manifest the basic elements of a Safe and

Conducive cities? That is the reason for this presentation.

The Safe Cities Index 2015 is an Economist Intelligence Unit report,sponsored by NEC. It provides a framework for which any cities in the

world can aspire to implement some of its parameters for measuring

the safeness of cities and hopefully attract the needed attention to be

rated as a safe city.

List of 50 Cities

SAFE CITIES INDEX 2015 METHODOLOGYThe Safe Cities Index framework is based on an index composed

of more than 40 quantitative and qualitative indicators. These

indicators are split across four thematic categories.

Digital Security

(25%)

Health Security

(25%)

Infrastructure

Safety

(25%)

Personal Safety

(25%)

Safe Cities

1

12

23

34

2

13

24

35

3

14

25

36

4

15

26

37

5

16

27

38

6

17

28

39

7

18

29

40

8

19

30

41

9

20

31

42

10

21

32

43

11

22

33

43

INDICATORS

THEMATIC CATEGORIES DEFINITION

Measures the extent of resources dedicated to

ensuring that citizens can use the Internet and

other digital technologies without fear of privacy violations or identity theft.

Measures how cities maintain the physical

environment and the level of care available for their citizens.

Considers another aspect of the physical

environment—the safety of a city’s buildings and

roads and its resilience against disasters.

Considers how secure individual citizens are from

theft and violence.

DIGITAL SECURITY

HEALTH SECURITY

INFRASTRUCTURE

SAFETY

PERSONAL SAFETY

INDICATORS

OVER 40 INDICATORS

QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS QUALITATIVE INDICATORS

DIRECT INDICATORSPROXY INDICATORS

THEMATIC CATEGORIES & INDICATORS

DIGITAL SECURITY

1.1.1 Privacy policy

1.1.2 Citizen awareness of

digital threats

1.1.3 Public-private

partnerships

1.1.4 Level of technology

employed

1.1.5 Dedicated cyber

security teams

1.2.1 Frequency of

identity theft

1.2.2 Percentage of

computers infected

1.2.3 Percentage with

Internet access

Input

Output


HEALTH SECURITY

2.1.1 Environmental policies

2.1.2 Access to healthcare

2.1.3 No. of beds per 1,000

2.1.4 No. of doctors per 1,000

2.1.5 Access to safe and quality food

2.1.6 Quality of health services

2.2.1 Air quality

2.2.2 Water quality

2.2.3 Life expectancy

2.2.4 Infant mortality

2.2.5 Cancer mortality

rate

Input

Output


INFRASTRUCTURE

SAFETY

3.1.1 Enforcement of transport safety

3.1.2 Pedestrian friendliness

3.1.3 Quality of road infrastructure

3.1.4 Quality of electricity infrastructure

3.1.5 Disaster management /business continuity plan

3.2.1 Deaths from natural

disasters

3.2.2 Frequency of

vehicular accidents

3.2.3 Frequency of

pedestrian deaths

3.2.4 Percentage living in

slums

Input

Output


PERSONAL

SAFETY

4.1.1 Level of police engagement

4.1.2 Community-based patrolling

4.1.3 Available street-level crime data

4.1.4 Use of data-driven techniques for crime

4.1.5 Private security measures

4.1.6 Gun regulation and enforcement

4.1.7 Political stability risk

4.2.1 Prevalence of petty

crime

4.2.2 Prevalence of

violent crime

4.2.3 Criminal gang

activity

4.2.4 Level of corruption

4.2.5 Rate of drug use

4.2.6 Frequency of

terrorist attacks

4.2.7 Gender safety

4.2.8 Perceptions of safety

Input

Output

TOP CITIES

DIGITAL SECURITY

HEALTH SECURITY

INFRASTRUCTUR

E SAFETY

PERSONAL

SAFETY

1. Tokyo (87.18), 2. Singapore (83.85), 3. New York (79.42),4. Hong Kong (78.78), 5. Osaka (77), 6. Los Angeles (74.99),

7. Stockholm (74.82), 8. San Francisco (73.85),9. Abu Dhabi (73.71), 10. Chicago (72.9).

1. Zurich (79.05), 2. New York (78.52), 3. Brussels (77.63),4. Frankfurt (77.38), 5. Paris (76.95), 6. Osaka (76.55),7. Barcelona (76.35), 8. Tokyo (76.26), 9. Taipei (76),

10. Stockholm (75.83).

1. Zurich (92.63), 2. Melbourne (92.28), 3. Sydney (91.4),4. Amsterdam (91.27), 5. Tokyo (89.79), 6. Montreal (89.47), 7. Singapore (88.86), 8. Toronto (87.57), 9. Madrid (87.28),

10. Abu Dhabi (25) 86.16, 10. San Francisco (86.16).

1. Singapore (90.42), 2. Osaka (90.2), 3. Tokyo (89.31),4. Stockholm (87.51), 5. Taipei (85.67), 6. Hong Kong (85.09),

7. Toronto (84.82), 8. Melbourne (82.72),9. Amsterdam (82.39), 10. Sydney (80.4).

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WHAT ARE THE LEARNING

POINTS FOR NIGERIAN CITIES?

LEARNING POINTS FOR NIGERIAN CITIES

DIGITAL SECURITY

Enact

privacy

policy

Create Awareness of digital threats

Adoption

of e-Govt

Enact data protection law

Public-private partnerships

to provide Internet access

Readiness to recover

from breaches

Inclusion of Computer

Education in Schools’

curriculum

Integrate data

across government

institutions

Tax incentives for

service providers in

the Digital space


HEALTH SECURITY

Create

Environmental

policies

Beds/

Doctors

per 1,000

Safe and

Quality

food

Access to healthcare

Quality of health service

Law against air pollution

Access to clean water

Awareness on Cancer

Improve primary health

facilities across LGA


INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY

Enforcement of transport

safety

Pedestrian

friendliness

Quality of Road /

Electricity infrastructure

Disaster Management

Business Continuity Plan

Enforce the use of

Pedestrian bridges

Take proactive measures

against natural disasters

Enforce traffic laws

and policing

Address prevailing

challenges of slums


PERSONAL SAFETY

Police engagement

Community

-based

patrolling

Gun regulation

and enforcement

Data-driven

techniques for crime Awareness on private security measures

Political stability risk

Partner with communities

for neighborhood policing

Decongest identified

dark spots

Curb sales and use of

illegal drugs

Sternly enforce law

against rape

Reference –

The Economist – Safe Cities Index (2015)1

Wikipedia – Images of Nigerian Cities2

Analysis by: Wale Micaiah

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