Rio Case Study - Urban Environments

Question 1

Name 7 Challenges faced in Rio due to rapid urbanisation

Answer 1

1. Housing
2. Employment
3. Health
4. Water Pollution
5. Crime
6. Transport
7. Education

Question 2

What is the government in Rio doing to try to prevent unemployment?

Answer 2

The government is investing is poorer areas, meaning that more job opportunities are opening up, allowing people to enter jobs and work for their living
They provided 6 percent of the country’s employment which is the highest in the world. The led to the reduce of unemployment, as there are more jobs to be had

Question 3

What is the government in Rio doing to try to increase health in lower income areas?

Answer 3

The population has increased, which means that there are more cars on the road, and therefore more air pollution, which is why they are promoting public transport as it is more efficient (environment wise). In the last year, 5000 people have perished

Question 4

What is the government in Rio doing to try to improve public transport?

Answer 4

They are the group who decide where taxpayers money will be invested. They will have provided the funding for the buses and infrastructure project.

Granting planning permission for the bus corridors. - They are the ones that sign off on the project.

Question 5

What is the government in Rio doing to try to prevent water scarcity?

Answer 5

The ‘WATER2030’ initiative will try to provide water security to everybody who does not have a reliable source of water in Rio

Question 6

What is the government in Rio doing to try to prevent crime?

Answer 6

The government is run by the right-wing mayor whose policy is to be strict on crime. He instructs the police to go in and ‘pacify’ the favelas to tackle gang crime.

Politicians are also the ones who make the laws surrounding issues of crime and justice and therefore are important in how we tackle crime.

Question 7

Why is the quality of life so low in favelas?

Answer 7

Some favelas are not invested in, meaning that there is still a high amount of crime, which makes the quality of life worse. In ‘pacified’ favelas, there are more jobs such as photography, which allow people to be creative, however in some favelas there is no such thing