Favela Barrio Project

Question 1

Basic outline of the Plan

Answer 1

From 1995-2009 was a $1b project that aimed to integrate Rio’s favelas into the city
It involved 250,000 residents in 73 communiites.

Question 2

Social

Answer 2

• Daycare and after-school care, enabling adults to seek secure employment
• Improve adult literacy to increase employment opportunities and incomes

Question 3

Economic

Answer 3

• Inhabitants can apply to own thier properties legally, encouraging them to improve thier house
• Access to credit to allow people to buy materials to improve their homes

Question 4

Environmental

Answer 4

• Replacement of wooden buildings with brick, making them permanent and less likelt to be damaged by the weather
• Removal of houses from dangerous steep slopes
• Infrastructure improvements (water, sanitation and electricty)

Question 5

Successes of the Favela Barrio Project

By 2005 how many favelas has been improved and how were they helped

Answer 5

100
Residents had been granted land ownership and roads had been paved

Question 6

Successes of the Favela Barrio Project

Cable Car

Answer 6

3.5km cable car for public use
Improves quality of life, mobility and employment prospoects