rio de jeneiro , brazil (opportunities + challenges)

• population : 13.4 million
• brazil is an nee
• rio is regionally important because:

  • services like universities , hospitals and banks
  • employment
  • art and culture
• rio is internationally important because:

  • it has 5 ports
  • it has 3 airports
  • 1.6 million tourists each year
  • christ the redeemer
• jaguar land rover opened a £240 million in rio de jenerio
• brazil held the 2016 olympics
• gunabara bay is the deepest natural bay in the world
• social benefits of the growth

  • education - bolsa family grant gave money to families to encourage children to pursuit further eduction
  • healthcare - investments and telemedecine
  • water supply - 300km pipework was done
  • electricity - simplicio hydro-electric complex increases supply by 30 %
• environmental challenge of rio

  • air pollution contributes to 5000 deaths per year
  • guanabara bay is highly polluted- 200 tonnes of raw sewage
• largest flavela in rio is rocinha
• Pacification – The process of reclaiming

  favelas from the control of drugs gangs
• urban planning (traffic congestion)

  • expaned local metro system to the south zone
• urban planning ( waste)

  • new power plant uses methane gas from rubbish for electricity
• pacification reduces crime and gang activity
• the favela bairo project is a site and service scheme

  • paving and naming roads
  • ensuring a water supply and drainage system
  • hillsides secured to prevent landslides
  • new services
  • cable car system
  • access to loans
  • 100 % morgages so people can buy homes
  • pacifying police unit