Brazil Flashcards
1
Q
Push factors (Rocinha C/S)
A
- Low facilities
- Low income
- Temporary housing
2
Q
Pull factors (Rocinha C/S)
A
- Day care, after school schemes
- Wealthy neighbourhood
- Electricity, running water (90%)
3
Q
Social benefits (Rocinha C/S)
A
- Day care (look after children)
- Adult education (improve literacy, 6th worst on HDI)
- Services to help drugs, alcohol violence
4
Q
Social costs (Rocinha C/S)
A
- Fire’s can spread easily
- Houses stacked up to 11 stories tall
5
Q
Economic benefits (Rocinha C/S)
A
- Apply to legally own properties
- Training schemes (New skills, better jobs)
6
Q
Economic costs (Rocinha C/S)
A
- Less than 1% of population have a degree -> No education, hard to get a job
- 1.2 million live on less than £1 a day
7
Q
Environmental benefits (Rocinha C/S)
A
- Widening and paving streets - > Easier access
- Better services -> weekly rubbish collection
8
Q
Rural investment (Rocinha C/S)
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- Funding to help improve conditions
- Better quality of life -> prevent migration to Urban areas
9
Q
Self help schemes (Rocinha C/S)
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- Tools and training are given
- Legal ownership -> materials
- Residents provide labour -> Spent on proving basic electricity & water
10
Q
Pacification (Rocinha C/S)
A
- Armed police drive out criminal gangs
- > Favela is secured -> provide local services
11
Q
Favela Bairro project (Rocinha C/S)
A
- City sets £200 million (improve favelas)
- Replace wood buildings (less fires)
- Widen streets (less dense, better drains, stops crime)
- Electricity cables, improving healthcare, residents
12
Q
Impact of self help schemes (Rocinha C/S)
A
- Most houses are made from concreate
- Most have basic sanitation, plumbing, electricity
- Better infrastructure (Busses, businesses, banks, cable TV)
- Cost Government excess of £200 million
