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• Challenges caused by favelas

  - no waste disposal scheme, so rubbish piles up

  - over 20% of the population live in over 1000 favelas

  - the land that's favelas are built on are not suitable for development, which means houses are unsafe and people often have no legal rights to the land they occupy.

  - 22 to 44 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants
• How does the government deal with challenges caused by the favelas?

  - the JAMA project was set up in 2020, teaching children in favelas how to care for the environment

  - the government dedicated a branch of the police unit called the pacifying police unit to patrol favelas, and reclaim areas controlled by gangs and drug lords.

  - as favelas survive for longer, they become better established on their own through time, and many of the houses become built of better materials such as brick and tiles. Some grow to have electricity and running water.
• Traffic congestion in Rio


  - as the city emerges, the population increases and becomes richer, meaning more people can afford cars. The city hasn't adapted to this change yet, meaning there is a lot of traffic congestion.
• Education challenges in rio

  Schooling is meant to follow government guidelines, but there is no strict curriculum. Violence can also be a barrier to education, and it is not safe for children to travel to school in some neighborhoods.
• How has the government tried to stop traffic congestion?

  Invested in public transport - the BRT bus system has its own lane dedicated to the bus system which reduces congestion.
• How has rio tried to improve education

  The schools of tomorrow programme, which targets 155 schools in the most violent neighborhoods. An online education portal was set up where students could still access assignments set by their teachers online when classes were cancelled due to violence in the city. This decreased the drop out rate in these areas.