CASE STUDY : RIO DE JANEIRO AND ROCINHA Flashcards
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What is the NEE case study?
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Rio de Janerio , Brazil
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Where is Rio de Janerio located and it’s population?
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- along the cosatline to the south-east of Brazil(with it neigbours Sao Paublo which is to the west)
- has 12 million population
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How is healthcare in Rio?
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- challenges 2013 only 55% of the city had a local family health clinic
- services for pregnant women and the elderly were very poor especially in the west zone
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Soultions for healthcare
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- the urban E health project - an 18 month trail- was introducted in Santa Marta Favela
- medical staff took the healthcare kit into 100 (elderly) people’s homes
- 20 different diseases was detected and treated them
- infant mortality has decrease and life
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How is education in Rio?
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- education in Brazil is compulsory for children aged 6-14
- in Rio only half of all children continue in education beyond the age of 14 this is due to:
- A shortage of nearby schools
- A lack of money and need to work
- A shortage of teachers(most are low-paid and poor trained)
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Soultions for education
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Authorities have:
- encouraged local people to volunteer to help in school
- set up the “school of tomorrow” program = had successful enrolled 16,000 primary age pupils into school
- which was due to school grants to poor families handed out = to help keep their children in school
- make money available to pay for free lessons in volleyball, football, swimming and squash in Roccinha favela
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How is water supply in Rio?
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- around 12 of Rios population did not have access
to running water - estimates say that 37% of water is lost through
leaking pipes, fraud and illegal access
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Solutions for water supply
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- seven new treatment plants were built between
1998 and 2014 - over 300km of pipes were laid
- by 2014, 95% of the population had a mains water
supply
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What is the 4 environmental problems in Rio?
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- air pollution
- traffic congestion
- water pollution
- waste pollution
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Problems with air pollution
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- 5000 deaths per year in Rio = smog is often covered the city
- heavy traffic and congestion on roads
causes build-up of exhaust fumes - mist from the Atlantic mixes with the vehicle exhaust
fumes and pollutant from factory chimneys
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Solutions with air pollution
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- Coastal roads are one-way during rush
hours
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Problems with traffic congestion
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- steep mountains –reduced land to build roads = coastal
roads can become congested - 40% increase in cars in the last decade
- high crime levels mean that many people prefer to travel by car
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Solutions with traffic congestion
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- expansion of the metro system under Guanabara Bay to south zone & Barra de Tijuca
- new toll roads into the city centre = reduce congestion
- pacification = the government set uo 37 UPP in to the favelas (Santa Marta in 2008 was the first to pacifed) to drive out criminal gangs - like the red command
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Problems with water pollution
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- many of the 55 rivers flowing into Guanabara Bay are heavily polluted = anoxic water
- over 200 tonnes of raw sewage pours into the bay each day
- over 50 tonnes of industrial waste
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Solutions with water pollution
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- 12 new sewage works have been built since 2004
- ships are fined for discharging fuel into the bay illegally
- 5.3kn of new sewage pipes installed in polluted areas
