Urban Rio

• Rio de Janeiro housing problems

  • Overcrowding due to migration
  • Favelas constructed on steep hillsides
  • Landslides risk
  • Fire risks
  • Disease
  • Poor sanitation
  • Poor educational facilities
  • Crime and drug issues
  • Poor road systems
• Rocinha is the largest favela in Rio de Janeiro with between 95,000 and 200,000 people
• 200 people died in a mudslide in Rio de Janeiro in 1988
• In Rocinha alone there are 500 cases of TB per 100,000 of the population
• 80% of Rocinha's population live in 'extreme poverty'
• Rio de Janeiro housing problems

  • Overcrowding due to migration
  • Favelas constructed on steep hillsides
  • Landslides risk
  • Fire risks
  • Disease
  • Poor sanitation
  • Lack of educational facilities
  • Crime and drug issues
  • Poor road systems
• Solutions to Rio de Janeiro housing problems

  • Self-help schemes to improve housing
  • Local authority relocation programmes
  • Improving water, sanitation and services
  • Providing jobs and reducing crime
  • Charities and aid workers helping to improve living standards
  • Pacification programme to reduce crime
• The Favela Bairro Scheme has only benefited 60 out of 600 favelas in Rio de Janeiro due to lack of funds
• Tackling housing problems in Rio de Janeiro

  1. Self-help schemes to improve housing

  2. Local authority programmes to relocate residents

  3. Installing water pipes and sewers

  4. Providing jobs and services in favelas

  5. Pacification programme to reduce crime
• Only 30 favelas have been pacified since 2008 with hundreds still controlled by gangs
• Only 60 out of 600 favelas in Rio de Janeiro have benefited from the Favela Bairro Scheme
• Rio de Janeiro traffic problems

  • Increased car ownership
  • Air and noise pollution
  • Difficult road building due to steep hills
  • Overcrowded bus system
  • Congestion on bridges and expressways
• Only 30 favelas have been pacified since 2008 with hundreds still controlled by gangs
• Air pollution is estimated to cause around 5,000 deaths in Rio each year due to respiratory conditions
• Rio de Janeiro traffic problems

  • Increased car ownership
  • Air and noise pollution
  • Difficult road building due to hills
  • Overcrowded bus system
  • Congestion on major roads and bridges
• The Yellow Line Expressway in Rio carries 13,000 more vehicles per day than it was designed for
• Strategies to manage traffic in Rio de Janeiro

  1. Opening Rio Niteroi Bridge

  2. Improving public transport (Metro, BRT, trams)

  3. Bike sharing scheme

  4. Cable car system in favelas
• Strategies to manage Rio de Janeiro traffic

  • Rio Niteroi Bridge to connect cities
  • Improved public transport (Metro, BRT, trams)
  • Bicycle sharing scheme
  • Cable car system in favelas
• The Telefrico de Alameo Cable Car system cost $110 million which some felt could have been better spent on other improvements in the favela
• The Telefrico de Alameo Cable Car system cost $110 million
• The Telefrico de Alameo Cable Car system carries 30,000 people a day, cutting a 2hr journey by foot to a 16min ride