Opportunities of Rio de Janeiro's Growth
Cards (3)
- Social Opportunities
- Home to the highest concentration of health clinics and 19 of the top 50 schools in Brazil
- Trained nurses have treated >20 diseases in favelas
- "Schools for Tomorrow" programme
- Huge ethnic and cultural diversity
- Economic Opportunities
- Home to the highest income per head in Brazil and major industries e.g. Sepetiba Steelworks
- Pacifying Police Units have reclaimed 30 gang run favelas
- Construction and manufacturing due to the 2016 Olympic Games
- £240 million investment from Land Rover
- Environmental Opportunities
- Rio University's methane powered electricity plant uses gas from rotting waste to power 1,000 homes
- 12 sewage works and 7 water treatment plants have been built between 1998 and 2014
- Coastal roads are one-way and toll charges apply to journeys into the city