URBAN CHALLENGES

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  • URBAN CHALLENGES
    • RIO DE JANEIRO
      • 25% of population live in Favela's
        • Rocinha is largest favela in Brazil located in Rio
      • 30% of Rio's population is not connected to a formal sanitation system
        • sewers are often open drains in the favelas.
      • Lack of access to services.
        • youthful population means constant rising demands for schools, healthcare etc
      • Unemployment
        • unemployment rates are as high as 20% in favelas
          • informal sector
      • environmental issues
        • waste is expensive to manage
          • lack of sanitisation means waterways are polluted
        • air/noise pollution
    • LONDON
      • Urban Deprivation
        • poverty
      • Inequalities in housing
        • unaffordable
      • Inequalities in health
        • wealthier residents have better diets
      • inequalities in employment
        • London has the most unequal pay distribution of any part of the UK wholly due to pay at the top end,
      • Waste disposal
        • LANDFILL
      • Dereliction
        • buildings no longer in use
      • green/ brownfield sites

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