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Urban Issues
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Sao Paulo
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Social segregation
The city's poorest residents live in favelas. It has high crime rates, poor sanitation and high illness. It lacks sustainable education.
The wealthiest residents live in the SOuthwest of the city and these areas have more green space and better access to healthy and access to amenities.
Over 80,00 people live in the favelas, Paraisopolis
The wealthier areas have a high number of immigrants that are white, but the lowest proportion of black people are in the city.
In 2016, Sao Paulo's minimum wage was nearly raised by 12%, to increase income fo the poorest worker.
In 2001, the government passed a law that allowed favelas to be recognised as a legitimate residential area, as it led to investment ins sanitation, road building and housing improvements.
10,000 new homes were built in order to replace slum housing and housing in high-risk areas.
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Social segregation is where different groups of people are separated from each other, e.g. poorer people or people from a particular ethnic group are concentrated in a specific area.
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Social segregation means there is a lack of integration with different groups, socna lead to prejudice and discrimination.
It can mean people in some areas may have less access to education and jobs, widening inequalities.
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