Urban Issues and Challenges Examples
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- Urban Issues and Challenges
- Case Study of a Major City in an LIC/NEE - Rio De Janeiro
- Opportunities
- Economic
- Population
- Large populations creates opportunities in retail and commercial areas
- Large Companies
- Investments from South America and other places create jobs
- Prospects
- City provides 6% of all employment in the country
- One of the highest average income in the country
- Oil recently discovered off the coast will lead to more development
- Population
- Social
- Healthcare
- Even small amounts of medical care in crowded areas makes a big difference
- Education
- Encourages local people to volunteer in schools
- Available grants let children of Rochina go to school
- Water
- 7 new treatment works & 300km of new pipes laid in 1998-2014
- By 2014 95% of the city had mains water
- Energy
- new nuclear generator
- US$2 billion hydro-electric complex
- Healthcare
- Economic
- Challenges
- Managing Urban Growth
- Rochina
- Steep hill above Copacabana Beach
- 75,000 people in 2010 but can be up 3x this by now
- many people improving their homes all the time
- Favelas
- Poorly constructed homes
- Poor access to services
- Poor health
- High unemployment and crime
- Rochina
- Environmental Issues
- Waste Disposal
- Waste usually dumped in favelas due to lack of collections
- Traffic
- Most congested city in South America
- Number of cars has risen by 40% in the past decade
- Waste Disposal
- Water, sanitation & Energy
- Shortage of electricity, made worse by dangerous illegal hookups
- 12% of city has no running water
- Favelas often lack basic sanitation
- Unemployment and Crime
- 20% of people in favelas are unemployed and work in informal economy making money where they can
- Murder, kidnapping, drug trafficking and gang violence
- Health & Education
- In 2013 only 55% of the the city had a local health clinic
- Only half of the kids continue schools past 14 years old
- Opportunities
- Economic
- Population
- Large populations creates opportunities in retail and commercial areas
- Large Companies
- Investments from South America and other places create jobs
- Prospects
- City provides 6% of all employment in the country
- One of the highest average income in the country
- Oil recently discovered off the coast will lead to more development
- Population
- Social
- Healthcare
- Even small amounts of medical care in crowded areas makes a big difference
- Education
- Encourages local people to volunteer in schools
- Available grants let children of Rochina go to school
- Water
- 7 new treatment works & 300km of new pipes laid in 1998-2014
- By 2014 95% of the city had mains water
- Energy
- new nuclear generator
- US$2 billion hydro-electric complex
- Healthcare
- Economic
- Managing Urban Growth
- Favela-Barrio Project
- Plans
- Day-care centres
- Adult education classes
- Addiction support
- Support locals by buying the land for them
- Education & training
- Widened streets
- Rubbish Collection
- Wood replaced by bricks
- Put in place scemes
- 26,000 inhabitants
- Cable Cars built to the centre of PAnema (where many work)
- 100% mortages
- Police patrols to reduce crime
- Locals get 1 return ticket each day for free
- Background Information
- The project helped 253,000 people between 1995-2008
- Rio has 600 favelas housing 1 million people (1/5 of the population)
- Plans
- Opportunities
- Case Study of a Major UK City - Birmingham
- Oppurtinities
- Environmental
- Over 500 parks
- Botanical Gardens
- One of the greenest cities in Europe
- Tree planting
- Urban Greening
- Tree planting
- Green roofs and walls
- Make the city healthier and happier
- Blue corridors alongside canals and rivers
- Encourage businesses
- Encouraging cycling and walking with better facilities
- Social
- Large population of immigrants creates a range of cultural events and international cuisine
- Recreation & Entertainment
- Museums and galleries
- Regenerated canal area is a cafe and bar focal point
- Birmingham Hippodrome is the most visited theatre in UK
- Bullring Shopping Centre, most Michelin-starred restaurants outside London
- Environmental
- Challenges
- Oppurtinities
- Environmental
- Over 500 parks
- Botanical Gardens
- One of the greenest cities in Europe
- Tree planting
- Urban Greening
- Tree planting
- Green roofs and walls
- Make the city healthier and happier
- Blue corridors alongside canals and rivers
- Encourage businesses
- Encouraging cycling and walking with better facilities
- Social
- Large population of immigrants creates a range of cultural events and international cuisine
- Recreation & Entertainment
- Museums and galleries
- Regenerated canal area is a cafe and bar focal point
- Birmingham Hippodrome is the most visited theatre in UK
- Bullring Shopping Centre, most Michelin-starred restaurants outside London
- Environmental
- Enviromental
- Waste Disposal
- 2015 only 30% recycled
- Working on improvements
- Energy recovery - incinerate 350,000 tonnes each year for elecricity
- Dereliction
- Declining industries and counter-urbanisation leaves empty buildings
- Spiral of decline
- Waste Disposal
- Social & Economic
- Some slum areas have unequal access to good housing, education, healthcare and employment
- In 2015, Birmingham was third most deprived UK city
- Oppurtinities
- Longbridge Regeneration Project
- Why
- Decline
- Competition in the 1970s from abroad caused a gradual complete shut down of industry
- Closed in 2005
- Birmingham was known as "The city of a thousand trades" due to the manufacturing industry
- Decline
- Plan
- 2000 new homes
- 1000 new jobs
- £70 million town centre
- Bourneville College, £66 million further education facility
- Why
- Oppurtinities
- Case Study of a Major City in an LIC/NEE - Rio De Janeiro
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