Challenges in Rio

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  • Challenges in Rio
    • Environmental
      • Air pollution
        • a cause of 5000 deaths per year in rio and city is often covered in brown smog
          • To improve this an expansion of metro systems under the south zone has reduced  congestion and making coast roads one-way during rush hour to improve traffic  flow
        • heavy traffic and congestion on roads causes  build-up of exhaust fumes
      • water pollution
    • social
      • Education
        • lack of school enrolment  is low as there is a shortage of nearby  schools, lack of money and need to work and a shortages of teachers
      • Healthcare
        • In 2013 only 55% of the had a local health clicic
          • To improve health care authorities took health kits into peoples homes in crowded favelas with no access to hospitals and were able to detect 20 different rent deceases  and treat them
            • service's for pregnant  women and elderly were very poor especial in the west zone
        • service's for pregnant  women and elderly were very poor especial in the west zone
    • Economic
      • Unemployment
        • Unemployment rates in favelas are over 20% and most work in the informal  economy
      • crime
        • Murder, kidnapping, carjacking and armed assult occur regularly
          • The police have taken steps  to control the crime by creating a pacifying police unit  to reclaim favelas from drug dealers
            • Street crime is a big problem in rio especially at nighttime
        • Street crime is a big problem in rio especially at nighttime

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