Rio De Janeiro Flashcards
Economy
NEE
Where
South east coast of Brazil
Facts
Generates 5% of Brazil’s income
Has 5 ports and 3 airports
Spilt into 4 zones
West Zone
Industrial and furthest from city centre
South zone
Tourist and commercial
Home of copacabana beach and ipabema
North zone
Residential and home to maracana football stadium
Centro
Financial centre and historical downtown
Where do people migrate fro
UK, USA, Asia, Brazil
Healthcare
55% of people had a family health clinic local
Pregnant and elderly have poor services
Medical staff sent into favelas to fix this and found 20 different diseases and life expectancy increased
Eduction
School compulsory 6-14. Then many people leave to go into drug trafficking and many teachers are untrained
Volunteers enocouraged in schools and people given grants to go to school. Private university opening in rochina
Water supply
12% of people don’t have access to water and 37% of water is lost due to damages pipes and tapping
7 wtaer treatmeant plants where built and 95% of population has water by 2014. Project WET educated people on water safety and sanitation to stop dengue fever spreading
Energy
Frequent blackouts due to energy shortage
60km of power lines installed and a nuclear generator build and hydroelectric plant built to increase supply by 30%
Rochina
Pacifying police units sent it to try and reduce gang and drug crime and 2 out of 100 people are murdered
Illegal settlement
Ik the south zone
Official has 75000 people in but more probably live there
No electricity or sewage
Houses made from corrugated iron
Self help scene introduced to help locals improve homes by giving them breeze blocks to build houses
Favela barrio project designed to improve housing and roads and installed basic services so people can have a formal address and therefore work. This is expensive though
