Rio de Janeiro
Notes on Rio de Janeiro
- Created by: gracemarsdenn
- Created on: 26-03-19 19:18
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- Rio de Janeiro
- Causes of urbanisation
- Push factors:
- lack of umemployment oppurtunities
- poor crop yields
- Pull factors:
- better jobs in the city
- better standard of living
- more reliable food
- people moving to cities tend to be younger: higher birth rates
- better medical conditions; higher life expectancy/more successful births
- Problems:
- unplanned housing: squatter settlements/ shanty towns
- stress on infrastructure/city services
- pollution
- urban waste
- Push factors:
- Megacities
- over 10 million people
- 34 in world
- top 10 mostly east Asia
- Facts/Info
- 6.5 million (city)
- 12.5 million (surrounding)
- Sugar Loaf Mountain, Guanabara Bay, Christ the Redeemer
- South America
- 6.5 million (city)
- Favelas
- Improvements for favelas
- Favela Bairro
- Positives:
- secure hillsides
- new facilities
- new roads
- offered mortgages
- higher value homes
- water connections
- training for locals
- Negatives:
- maintaining costs are high
- no public transport
- no increase in employment - poor literacy
- relies on outside funding
- no funding for problem fixing
- Positives:
- UPP
- Positives:
- lower unemployment
- murder rates fallen
- most residents happy
- increased property values in pacified areas
- outposts set up
- Negatives:
- no follow-ups
- tensions
- lack of funding
- violence
- Positives:
- Favela Bairro
- Causes of urbanisation
- stress on infrastructure/city services
- 6.5 million (city)
- 12.5 million (surrounding)
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