One 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 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.

1. StatiSense
Making Nigerian
Cities Safe
According to Safe Cities Index 2015
A report by The Economist Intelligence Unit

2. Introduction
One 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.

3. List of 50 Cities

4. SAFE CITIES INDEX 2015 METHODOLOGY
The 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

5. 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

6. INDICATORS
OVER 40 INDICATORS
QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS QUALITATIVE INDICATORS
DIRECT INDICATORSPROXY INDICATORS

7. 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

8. THEMATIC CATEGORIES & INDICATORS
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

9. THEMATIC CATEGORIES & INDICATORS
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

10. THEMATIC CATEGORIES & INDICATORS
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

11. 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).

12. StatiSense
WHAT ARE THE LEARNING
POINTS FOR NIGERIAN CITIES?

13. 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

14. LEARNING POINTS FOR NIGERIAN CITIES
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

15. LEARNING POINTS FOR NIGERIAN CITIES
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

16. LEARNING POINTS FOR NIGERIAN CITIES
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

17. Reference –
The Economist – Safe Cities Index (2015)1
Wikipedia – Images of Nigerian Cities2

18. Analysis by: Wale Micaiah
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