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Rio de Janeiro (Favela Bairro Project (Housing (100% mortgages available,…

- - - - 800 new houses built for displaced people
      - For some, houses are better than favelas
      - Lacks sense of community
      - Long way from city
      - No shops or playing areas
- - - - 55 rivers polluted by favela sewers
      - 50 tonnes industrial waste into bay per day
      - Oil spills from Petrobas
    - - Fishing declined 90% in 20 years
      - Swimming banned in bay
      - Fears over Olympic athlete safety
    - - 12 new sewage works at $68m
      - Ships fined from spills
      - 5km new sewage pipes
  - - - Heavy congestion causes build-up of fumes
      - Mist from Atlantic mixes with fumes and pollutants
    - - 5,000 deaths per year
      - City covered in brown smog
    - - 'Bike Rio' - 90 miles cycles paths
      - Natural gas buses
      - Two subway lines
  - - - Steep slopes, no roads
      - Bin lorries cannot reach
      - Waste dumped
    - - Diseases e.g. cholera
      - Encourages rats
      - Every two months enough rubbish to fill a stadium
    - - Biogas power plant, eats 30 tonnes a day
      - Education and training
      - Recycling waste into tourist souvenirs
  - - - 40% more cars than 10 years ago
      - Steep mountains mean road only built on coast
      - High crime levels, safer in car
    - - Increased pollution levels
      - Average drive takes 50% longer at peak times
    - - New toll roard, Yellow Line Expressway
      - One way roads and public holidays
      - Four Bus Rapid Transit corridors reduce time by 50%