Rio de Janeiro
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- Created on: 03-12-18 19:15
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- Rio de Janeiro
- General Background
- - located on Brazil's Atlantic coast
- - Brazil's second most important industrial centre
- - they have a major port : coffee, sugar and iron ore
- - the statue of Christ the Redeemer
- - main industries include: banking, finance and insurance
- - main manufacturing: chemicals, clothing and furniture
- 2014 world cup
- 2016 olympics games
- Why has Rio grown?
- - it has become a major industrial, administrative, commercial and tourist centre
- attracted migrants from: - other parts of Brazil - other countries - the language attracts - people come for business and industry
- This results in a racially mixed population
- Social
- Health Care
- Challenges : only 5% have a local family health clinic
- Solutions: made a favela (13 km to nearest hospital) - doctors take health kits this treated diseases
- Challenges : only 5% have a local family health clinic
- Education
- Challenges: shortage of nearby schools - lack of money, shortage of teachers - low pay, poor training
- Solutions: people volunteering to be teachers - giving school grants to poor families - making a money available to pay for free lessons - opening a private university
- Challenges: shortage of nearby schools - lack of money, shortage of teachers - low pay, poor training
- Water Supply
- Challenges: no access to running (lost through leaky pipes)
- Solutions: seven new treatment plants were built and 300 km of pipes were laid
- Challenges: no access to running (lost through leaky pipes)
- Energy
- Challenges: suffer from blackouts - lack of electricity
- Solutions: installing 60 km of new power lines and a new nuclear generator and a hydro electric complex
- Challenges: suffer from blackouts - lack of electricity
- Health Care
- Environmental
- Traffic Congestion
- Challenges: steep mountains, roads can't be built, due to high crime levels - people travel by car
- Solutions: expansion of metro-system, make new roads and make roads one-way only
- Challenges: steep mountains, roads can't be built, due to high crime levels - people travel by car
- Water Pollution
- Challenges: rivers are polluted, open sewers, 200 tonnes of raw sewage, 50 tonnes of industrial waste and ships dumping oil into the bay
- Solutions: 12 new sewage works and 5 km new sewage pipes
- Challenges: rivers are polluted, open sewers, 200 tonnes of raw sewage, 50 tonnes of industrial waste and ships dumping oil into the bay
- Waste Pollution
- Challenges: steep slopes, few roads - hard for waste collections lorries - waste is then dumped
- Solutions: power plant and use methane gas (biogas) this consumes 30 tonnes of rubbish a day and produces electricity for 1000 homes
- Challenges: steep slopes, few roads - hard for waste collections lorries - waste is then dumped
- Traffic Congestion
- Economic
- several things have contributed to rio's economic growth : industrial areas, large population, port facilities and financial sectors.
- due to all of this, there will be more jobs, larger population and challenges :
- - expensive healthcare - job offers - education - housing
- due to all of this, there will be more jobs, larger population and challenges :
- types of employment
- port industries
- oil refining
- manufacturing
- tourism
- steel (largest steel works in south america)
- construction
- retail & distribution
- service industries
- unemployment
- we could improve the employment rates in rio by bringing more industry into there, this creates more job opportunities
- Favelas employment
- favela unemployment rates are at 20% with most people working in the informal economy
- informal economy: employment outside of the official knowledge of the government
- people work as street vendors, drivers, laborer's, maids and sewing
- poorly paid sector (less than £60 a month) and irregular
- about one third of rios 3.5 million workers dont have a formal employment contract
- many dont have insurance
- dont pay taxes
- government receives no income
- favela unemployment rates are at 20% with most people working in the informal economy
- several things have contributed to rio's economic growth : industrial areas, large population, port facilities and financial sectors.
- General Background
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