Case Study: Rio

• Where is Rio De Janeiro?

  South East Brazil
• What is the population of Rio de Janeiro?

  12 million
• What is urbanisation?


  The increase in the number of people in urban areas
• Why has Rio experienced urbanisation? - give two push factors

  Lack of job opportunities in rural areas, lower wages in rural areas, fewer service in urban areas.
• Why has Rio experienced urbanisation? - give two pull factors


  Higher paid jobs, greater choice of jobs, better schools/ hospitals
• What are 'Favelas'?


  Shanty towns/ slums, informal housing
• What % of Rio's population live in shanty towns?

  About 20%
• Where are favelas found?

  On the edges of the city - hills
• What are some challenges in favelas?

  no planning, no roads, no infrastructure, lack of services, homemade housing, over crowded, low earners, high crime, few schools, no hospitals
• Apart from favelas what is another challenge in Rio?

  Inequality, urban sprawl, pollution, waste disposal
• How is Rio trying to be sustainable?

  Self help schemes to improve the favelas, improve transport systems - cable cars, increase police presence in favelas, new towns - Barra
• How is Rio globally important?

  Sugar Loaf mountain is wonder of the world, 2014 Olympics, 2016 world cup, home to TNCs, one of most visited cities in Southern Hemisphere by tourists.