Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro-Favela Barrio Project
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- The Favela Barrio Project, Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro (Squatter Settlement Improvement)
- Facts
- Started in 1995, it has been suggested as a model for redevelopment due to the success
- Involves 253,000 people in 73 favelas, and is still being extended to help more people
- Started with 16 mid-sized favelas including Rocinha, because it was easier and cheaper to solve the problems there
- Social
- Residents now legally own homes and choose which improvements they want
- Day care centres and after school schemes created to look after children while parents work
- Services provided to help people overcome drug and alcohol addiction
- Neighbourhood associations set up-more involvement
- Local people can work as labourers on the improvements and develop skills
- New houses are larger (5mx4m) with yard the same size outiside
- Wood buildings replaced with brick
- New houses are larger (5mx4m) with yard the same size outiside
- Basic services provided-rubbish collection, water and electricity etc.
- Pipes for water and cables for electricity laid
- Streets made wider and paved for access-allows emergency serives to get in
- Standard of living and health has improved
- New services started by the residents-provides jobs and skills
- Economic
- Training schemes set up to help people learn new skills, better jobs and more money
- Social
- Residents now legally own homes and choose which improvements they want
- Day care centres and after school schemes created to look after children while parents work
- Services provided to help people overcome drug and alcohol addiction
- Neighbourhood associations set up-more involvement
- Local people can work as labourers on the improvements and develop skills
- New houses are larger (5mx4m) with yard the same size outiside
- Wood buildings replaced with brick
- New houses are larger (5mx4m) with yard the same size outiside
- Basic services provided-rubbish collection, water and electricity etc.
- Pipes for water and cables for electricity laid
- Streets made wider and paved for access-allows emergency serives to get in
- Standard of living and health has improved
- New services started by the residents-provides jobs and skills
- Economic
- Training schemes set up to help people learn new skills, better jobs and more money
- 40% of the $300 million funding came from the local authority
- The rest came from an international organisation called the Inter-Americal Development Bank
- Local buisness doubled
- Property value in favelas in project gone up by 80% to 120%
- Training schemes set up to help people learn new skills, better jobs and more money
- Economic
- Social
- 40% of the $300 million funding came from the local authority
- The rest came from an international organisation called the Inter-Americal Development Bank
- Local buisness doubled
- Property value in favelas in project gone up by 80% to 120%
- Training schemes set up to help people learn new skills, better jobs and more money
- Economic
- Environmental
- Houses moved down from steep slopes-improves safety
- Site and Service
- People pay rent for a plot of land
- Local people use them to build their own new homes
- The money saved by people doing the building themselves is spent on services e.g. electricity and sewers
- Local Authority Schemes
- Government supplies the building materials
- Funded by the local government
- Rent money is spent on services for the area
- Site and Service
- People pay rent for a plot of land
- Local people use them to build their own new homes
- The money saved by people doing the building themselves is spent on services e.g. electricity and sewers
- Site and Service
- Self-Help Schemes
- Government and local people work together
- The residents borrow money to buy building materials
- Aim to improve the temporary housing built by residents for them
- Local Authority Schemes
- Government supplies the building materials
- Funded by the local government
- Rent money is spent on services for the area
- Local Authority Schemes
- Facts
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