Geography Rio De Janeiro Case study cards

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Give a breif summary of Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city in Brazil and has a population of 6.5 million.
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Name the largest city in Brazil.
The largest city is Sao Paulo.
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What are the main manufactoring industries in Rio de Janeiro?
The main industries are chemicals, pharmaceuticals, clothing, furniture and processed foods.
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Where are Favelas mainly located?
Favelas are mainly located on the edge of a city, in urban industrial areas where jobs are available.
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What are the main service industries in Rio de Janeiro?
The main service industries are banking, finance and insurance.
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Why are Favelas located at the edge of the city in urban industrial areas?
They are located there because there are jobs available.
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Why are authorities clearing many Favelas near the city centre?
To make Rio de Janeiro more attractive to businesses and tourists.
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Why has Rio de Janeiro became a 'global city'?
Rio de Janeiro has become a 'global city' because of its importance in the global economy as an industrial and financial centre.
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How many ports does Rio de Janeiro have?
5 ports
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How many airports does Rio de Janeiro have?
3 airports
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Why is Rio de Janeiro the most visited city in the southern hemisphere?
Because it has stunning natural surrounding and amazing beaches.
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Describe the North Zone.
It is the city's main industrial and port area, An area of low quality housing favbana and favelas and Maracana soccer stadium is located here.
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Describe the South Zone.
Copacabana and Ipanema beaches are located here, Wealthy area dominated by luxury flats and it is a wealthy district.
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Describe the West Zone.
The main Olympic stadiums are located here, Campo Grande has low quality housing around the steel works and Barra da Tjuca has changed into a wealthy coastal suburb.
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What are Favelas?
They are illegal settlements where people have built homes on land that they did not own.
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Unemployment
Rates are high as 20%, Average incomes may be less than £75 a month and a lot of employment is poorly paid.
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Crime
High murder rate of 20 per 1000 people in many favelas, Drug gangs dominate many favelas and many inhabitats don't trust police because of the violence and corruption there is.
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Health
Infant mortality rates are high as 50 per 1000, Burning rubbish often sets fire(smoke is harmful for health) and a lot of rubbish is piled up which could increase the danger of disease.
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Construction
Houses are poorly constructed and there is limited road access.
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Services
12% of the non-improved favelas don't have running water, Sewers are often open drains and Many homes use illegal connections to electricity pylons.
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Education
Shortage of nearby schools, Shortage of teachers, Low pay for teachers and Poor training for teachers.
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Education solution
Encourage local people to volunteer and help in a school, opening a private university in Rocinha and Making money available for free lessons e.g. volleyball lessons.
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Traffic congestion and Air pollution
Heavy traffic and congestion on roads causes build up of exhaust fumes, mist from Atlantic mixes with vehicle exhaust fumes and pollutants from factory chimmneys and wastes time for commuters and buisnesses.
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Traffic congestion and Air pollution solutions
Making coast roads one way during rush hours this improves traffic flow, New toll roads in the City centre to reduce congestion and expansion of the metro system under Guanabara Bay.
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Water supply
12 per cent of Rio's population did not have access to running water, 37 per cent of water was lost because of leaky pipes and Paraibuna and Santa Branca resevoirs are empty.
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Water supply solutions
Seven new treatment plants were built, By 2014 95 per cent of the population had a main water supply and Quality and quantity of water is improving.
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Energy
The whole city suffers frequent blackouts due to shortage of electricity.
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Energy solutions
Installing a 60km of new power lines, building a new nuclear generator and developing a new Simplicio hydro-electric complex which will increase Rio's supply of electricity by 30 per cent.
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Health
55 per cent of the city have a local family health clinic and Services for elderly are very poor.
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Health solutions
Medical staff take a healthkit into people's home to detect twenty different diseases and cure them and Infant mortality rate has dallen and life expectancy has increased.
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Water pollution
Guanabara Bay is highly polluted causing a major threat to wildlife, Over 200 tonnes of raw sewage pours into the bay each day and Ships empty fuel tanks into the bay.
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Water pollution solutions
12 new sewage works have been built, Ships fined for pouring fuel into the bay illegally and 5km of sewage pipes have been installed around badly polluted areas.
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Summarise what the Favela Bairro Project does.
It brings basic infrastructure and services to favelas, Rio's urban squatter settlements.
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Negatives of Favela Bairro Project.
Rents have risen, 1 billion is not enough to cover all of the needs of favelas some areas are still left in poverty, newly built infrastructure not maintained by the government or the residents and high unemplyment in Complexo de Alemao.
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Positives of Favela Bairro Project.
People given loans to buy their homes,Literacy rate being improved for adults and children and infant mortality rate reduced.
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Name the largest city in Brazil.

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The largest city is Sao Paulo.

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What are the main manufactoring industries in Rio de Janeiro?

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Where are Favelas mainly located?

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What are the main service industries in Rio de Janeiro?

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