Urban I&C (LIC): Rio

Question 1

What is the significance of Rio?

Answer 1

• Accounts for 5% of Brazil’s GDP

- Hosted the 2016 olympics and 2014 football World Cup

Question 2

What are the social opportunities for Rio?

Answer 2

• healthcare is significantly better than in rural areas
• education, 95% of children aged 10 and above literate in the city
• stable water supply, over 90% population can access mains
• energy supply more reliable than rural areas

Question 3

Economic opportunities?

Answer 3

-employment opportunities, five ports and three airports

Question 4

What challenges are faced within Favelas?

Answer 4

• disease spreads quickly, IMR of 50/1000. Ambulance can’t access due to bad infrastructure
• sanitation issues, limited waste collection due to bad infrastructure, 50% lack proper sanitation
• water availability, 10% don’t have access to clean water
• 30% have no access to electricity. Some tap into supply illegally causing power cuts
• houses unstable, made from waste materials
• unemployment rates are high
• houses at risk of landslides
• crime rates high
• 50% of children do not continue in education past 14

Question 5

What solutions are put in place in favelas?

Answer 5

• seven new water treatment plants and 300km of new pipes

- HEP plant built, electricity supply will increase by 30%

Question 6

What schemes are in place to help Rio?

Answer 6

• Favela Bairro project
• Campo grande
• complexo do Alemão

Question 7

What is complexo do Alemão?

Answer 7

The largest favela in Brazil. It has been improved through pacification.

Question 8

What is pacification?

Answer 8

In stage 1, Gangs Are driven out of favelas and establish police presence. In stage 2, authorities provide public services (schools, healthcare)

However, this was only small parts of the favelas so not all areas experienced improvements

Question 9

What is Campo Grande?

Answer 9

A settlement of 800 houses 90 minutes drive from the city centre. For people who were compulsorily evicted for the olympics

Question 10

What advantages and disadvantages are there of campo grande?

Answer 10

Houses have sanitation, clean water and electricity

Some had to give up jobs as it’s 1 and a half hours from city centre
Also lacks in schools and health centres