Planning for Rio's Urban Poor: Favela Bairro Project

Favela Bairro Project - improving life in the favelas

This is a site and service scheme, where the local authority provides land and services for residents to build homes. For example, Complexo do Alemao is a group of favelas in Rio's North Zone with more than 60,000 people. Here, the local authroity have been responsible for many new improvements

• Paved and formally named roads
• Access to a water supply and drainage system for improved sanitaiton
• Hillsides secured to prevent landslides, or people relocated where necessary
• Building of new health, leisure and education facilities
• Installlation of a cable car system across the Complexo do Alemao hillsides…