Rio de Janeiro challenges and solutions
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- Created on: 30-05-18 13:16
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- Rio de Janeiro Economic and social challenges and solutions
- Social
- Health care
- Challenges
- only 74% of pregnant women receive medical care
- life expectancy is 63
- only 55% of families have a local clinic
- Solutions
- have doctors carry out home checks
- health kits that are able to detect and treat 20 illnesses
- Challenges
- Education
- Challenges
- many children drop out of school before 14 and turn to crime
- shortage of local schools
- children need to work to earn money
- shortage of teachers
- poor training
- low pay
- Solutions
- encourage locals to volunteer
- giving grants to poor families to help cover education costs
- open a private university so they get a better education
- Challenges
- Water supply
- Challenges
- 12% don't have access to running water
- 37% of water is lost through leaking pipes, fraud and illegal access
- Solutions
- improve quantity and quality of water
- 7 new treatment plants
- 300 km of new pipes laid
- Challenges
- Energy
- Challenges
- frequent blackouts due to shortages
- many poor people illegally get their electricity which is unsafe
- Solutions
- 60km new power lines
- new nuclear generator
- new Simplicio hydro-electric complex to increase supply by 30%
- took 6 years to build
- cost $2 billion
- Challenges
- Health care
- Economic
- Crime
- pacifying favelas means the police take control
- 31 favelas have been pacified
- makes people feel attacked and losing their freedom
- lower crime rate
- increased property valiues
- increased tourism
- 31 favelas have been pacified
- 20 in 1,000 murdered compared to 3.7 in uk
- pacifying favelas means the police take control
- Unemployment
- 20% in favelas
- 3.5 million work in informal economy
- poorly paid and irregular
- no insurance and don't pay tax
- Crime
- Environmental
- Traffic congestion
- Challenges
- causes 5,000 deaths via air pollution a year
- steep mountains require tunnels otherwise roads get congested
- 40% more cars in last decade
- crime makes people want to travel by car
- Solutions
- expand metro system
- new toll roads in city centre
- make roads one-way to improve traffic flow
- Challenges
- Waste pollution
- Challenges
- worst in favelas where few roads means collection is hard
- most waste is dumped and pollutes water
- diseases eg cholera
- encourages rats
- Solutions
- power plant set up to use methane from rotting rubbish
- consumes 30 tonnes daily
- powers 1,000 homes
- power plant set up to use methane from rotting rubbish
- Challenges
- Water pollution
- Challenges
- commercial fishing declined by 90%
- beaches are too damaged leads to less tourism
- 55 heavily polluted rivers
- from sewers
- 200 tonnes into the bay
- from sewers
- oil spills and ships empty fuel tanks
- Solutions
- 12 new sewage works
- $68 million
- ships fined for illegal fuel discharge
- 5km of new sewage pipes in highly populated areas
- 12 new sewage works
- Challenges
- Traffic congestion
- Squatter settlements/ Favelas
- houses are poorly and illegally constructed
- often on steep slopes which lead to landslides in rain storms
- many people aren't connected to services so must either go a long way or acquire them illegally
- 12% without running water
- 30% have no electricity
- 50% have no sewage connection
- lots of crime and police are violent and corrupt
- poor health due to lack of doctors and build up of rubbish causing disease
- lots of unemployment and average income is less than £75 a monthg
- favela bairro project improves favelas
- houses are poorly and illegally constructed
- Social
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