Rio De Janeiro

Question 1

Where is Rio located

Answer 1

South east Brazil

Question 2

What’s the regional and national importance of the city?

Answer 2

-Second largest city in Brazil
-cultural capital of brazil

Question 3

What’s the international importance of the city?

Answer 3

-6th largest city in both north and South America
-Hosted the FIFA World Cup final 2014 and olympics 2016

Question 4

What are the main causes of growth?

Answer 4

Natural increase and migration

Question 5

How has urban growth created social opportunities?

Answer 5

-life expectancy is 77 years compared to the national average 73
-a city of ethnic and cultural diversity

Question 6

How has urban growth created economic opportunities? Rio

Answer 6

• 2nd most important industrial centre in the country
• lots of service industries
• Rio is a major trading port and a tourist centre and a sporting destination

Question 7

Opportunities of being in Rio

Answer 7

• good healthcare, life expectancy of 79 years
• 19 of the top 50 schools in the country
• 96% of the population there have clean water

Question 8

Challenges of being in Rio

Answer 8

• only half of the children in Rio continue education after the age of 14
• the whole city suffers blackouts
  -in 2013 only 55% of the city had a local family health clinic.

Question 9

City’s opportunities

Answer 9

Social: Standards of living are gradually
improving. The Rio Carnival is an important
cultural event for traditional dancing and music.

Economic: Rio has one of the highest incomes
per person in the country. The city has various
types of employment including oil, retail and
manufacturing.

Environmental: The hosting of the major
sporting events encouraged more investment in
sewage works and public transport systems.

Question 10

City challenges

Answer 10

Social: There is a severe shortage of housing,
schools and healthcare centres available. Large
scale social inequality, is creating tensions
between the rich and poor.

Economic: The rise of informal jobs with low
pay and no tax contributions. There is high
employment in shanty towns called Favelas

Environmental: Shanty towns called Favelas are
established around the city, typically on
unfavourable land, such as hills.

Question 11

Help schemes

Answer 11

Bairro project