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Rio de Janeiro- Brazil - Coggle Diagram
Rio de Janeiro- Brazil
Context
- Rio de Janeiro is found in Brazil and is the second largest
- City in Brazil; it was the capital city of Brazil until 1960.
- Brazil can be found in South America
Favelas
Rochina - The largest favela in South America, located in the south of Rio
- There are two public schools for the 100,000 residents that live in the favelas
- Houses have become more structured, but originally were made from salvaged materials.
- There is no waste removal in streets, so rubbish is abandoned between houses.
Richest Parts
Leblon - The wealthiest district in South America, with the most expensive property per square area of land.
- There are 8 schools for the 50,000 residents of Leblon
- High class apartments and flats are available to rent and buy.
- Most residents take daily strolls on the beach
- There are many tourist attractions and cultural sites in the area, including many theatres.
Challenges
- Access to doctors and healthcare varies across the city. This can be shown in pregnant mortality rates, which increase close to favelas.
- Approximately 12% of households in Rio don’t have access to clean running water
- Many of the favela’s residents tap illegally into the electricity of their richer neighbours. This means that electricity posts in the street can be made very unsafe.
- Crime rates have increased greatly as the city has grown in recent years. This may be because unemployment has increased, so there are more people trying to make money including pickpockets
- Sewage isn’t properly treated and disposed of from all neighbourhoods in Rio
- No regular waste disposal so the water gets diseases from water that has been contaminated from the rubbish causing cholera
Improvements
- Police to stop crime - pacification takes place and the UPP's take control of the favelas to try and stop crime
- Improvement of the favelas - there is more infrastructure in the favelas to help the people living there
- Reducing contaminated water - there has been help from other countries putting in sewage plants around Rio to help with the water