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Question 1

Self help schemes

Answer 1

Poor quality housing prompted self help schemes, where local people are provided with loans to buy materials like bricks to upgrade their homes

Question 2

Legal ownership

Answer 2

As many shanty towns are illegal, some residents have been given legal ownership of the land where their property is built in hopes they take more pride in their home

Question 3

New housing

Answer 3

To help with overcrowding some prefabricated houses have been built in Rocinha by the Brazilian government with basic facilities like toilets and electricity

Question 4

Improved road network

Answer 4

To combat the build up of rubbish on the streets, roads have been built/improved allowing rubbish collections to take place

Question 5

Cable cars

Answer 5

access was an issue and in some favelas cable car systems have been constructed to improve transport for residents

Question 6

Increased Policing

Answer 6

Security has been improved by having more police patrols which have helped to reduce drug related crime