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Urbanization + Rio Flashcards

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What is Urbanization?

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An increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas.

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What is Rural to Urban Migration?

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When people move from rural areas to urban areas due to push and pull factors.

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What is Natural Increase?

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When the population grows because birth rates are higher than death rates, growing population

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What is a Push Factor?

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A negative reason why someone would want to move away from an area

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What is a Pull Factors?

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A positive reason why someone would be attracted to an area and want to move there

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Examples of Push Factors:

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Drought, flooding, lack of utilities like clean water and electricity, lack of job diversity, lower wages etc…

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Examples of Pull Factors:

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Universities, education, public transport, higher wages, utilities like electricity and running water etc…

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What Social Opportunities does Rio offer?

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Better medical care, clean water supply, electricity and energy, education, public transport, jobs, higher wages, lots of shops, entertainment etc…

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What Economic Opportunities does Rio offer?

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2 airports (regional + international), container port, 3 million tourists, population 6.8 million (lots of consumers + employees), oil rig, lots of shops and businesses etc…

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SOCIAL: Better health care so…

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people have a higher life expectancy

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SOCIAL: Electricity + energy so…

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people heat their homes and stay hygienic and healthy and use modern gadgets

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SOCIAL: Education so…

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people can learn and get jobs meaning they can provide for themselves and literacy rates get higher

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SOCIAL: Public transport so…

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people can travel and commute to work easily

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SOCIAL: Jobs and higher wages so…

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people can afford housing and food and to provide for themselves and families, making them healthier

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ECONOMIC: Container port so…

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the city can import and export resources internationally

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ECONOMIC: 3 million international tourists so…

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there are lots of jobs in tourism and increases city income

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ECONOMIC: Oil rig off coast so…

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lots of jobs as well as good resource to sell and trade with other countries, increasing connections internationally and income

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ECONOMIC: 6.8 million population so…

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lots of consumers and employees

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What is a mega city?

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A city with over 10 million people living in it

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What percentage of Brazil’s GDP does Rio produce?

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5%

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What are the two big exports of Rio to the rest of the world?

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Iron ore and Coffee

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Describe the location of Rio

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Along the eastern coastline of Brazil, right on the tropic of Capricorn facing the Atlantic Ocean

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What is Rio’s national importance?

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Its a cultural centre for Brazil, was the capital of Brazil until the 1960’s and produces 5% of the GDP of Brazil

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What is Rio’s international importance?

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The beautiful scenery and coastline attracts 3 million tourists (making it the most visited city in the Southern hemisphere, boosting economy and providing jobs), has an international airport and a sheltered bay with lots of trade bringing coffee and iron ore to other countries, a World Heritage Site

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What percentage of the city inhabitants live in favelas?

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25% of 6.5 million

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What percentage of people don’t have running water?

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12% and 37% of water is lost through leaking pipes

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What is the infant mortality rate in Rocinha?

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50%

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How much did the Favela Bairro project cost?

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$1 Billion USD

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When did the Favela Bairro project begin?

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1995

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What are self help schemes?

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The authorities gave people the supplies and tools to rebuild and repair their homes, many people joined groups to work together doing this- making people feel more pride from their homes

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When did 90% of Rocinha’s households get access to a water standpipe ?

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2009

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What is pacification?

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Police and the army were brought in to try and quell high crime rates and keep the streets safe- improving social quality of life

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When were two new water pipes built?

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2014- which helped reduce water born diseases like typhoid and cholera, raising life expectancy and health

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How many new schools were built?

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150, meaning literacy rates increased and more children had home of getting jobs and good qualifications

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Why did the streets being given names and addresses benefit the people of Rocinha?

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It meant they could take out loans, get jobs, send mail etc

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Why did they built a gondola system?

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Because it would take hours to reach Rio from deep in the favelas, so new gondolas reduced the journey to 15 minutes and the stations also have medical clinics and legal advice etc making new jobs as well

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What was the goal of the Favela Bairro project?

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To improve quality of life for the inhabitants of Rocinha

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