Geography- Rio case study

about distribution of housing in Rio

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What if the difference between the poor people and the rich?
Poor live in favelas on worthless land, which isnt legally owned by them, whereas rich live in californean style housing in centre of city on good land
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What is a favela and what group of favelas are in RIO?
A house or shelter made from scraps of anything , usually built on rubbish land the shanty town in RIO is called Rocinha
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What type of problems are there in this shanty town?
Crime, no facilties, high poverty , health problems etc.
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What is causing people to counter urbanise?
new roads built out of Rio to city of Barra, which has higher standard of living and quality of life
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Where is Rio and what is it?
In Brazil and is a city within a LEDC
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Why don't the government stop people living in favelas on land that isn't theirs and how do they help them?
If they stop favelas they have to pay to put the poor people somewhere else , they help them by providing self help schemes
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What is a favela and what group of favelas are in RIO?

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A house or shelter made from scraps of anything , usually built on rubbish land the shanty town in RIO is called Rocinha

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What type of problems are there in this shanty town?

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What is causing people to counter urbanise?

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Where is Rio and what is it?

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