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Cards (15)

  • Rural to urban migration
    Accounts for 65% of all population growth in Rio de Janeiro
  • Increasing workforce
    • More tax
    • Better services
  • Education in Rio
    • Illiteracy rate is 4%
    • 6 universities
  • Healthcare in Rio
    • Life expectancy is 77 years (compared to 73-year average for Brazil)
    • 95% of population has mains water supply (compared to 65% in rural areas)
  • Tourism in Rio
    • Rio is the top visitor destination in South America
    • Tourism is the city's biggest industry
  • Favelas
    Approximately 2 million favela inhabitants in Rio
  • Challenges in favelas
    • Unemployment
    • Poverty
    • Rapid spread of diseases
    • Lack of adequate health care
    • over 20% unemployed in favelas
  • Electricity in Rio
    • Shortage of electricity with frequent blackouts
  • Air pollution in Rio
    • Estimated to cause 5000 deaths per year
    • Causes congestion
    • Old and inefficient vehicles
    • High population
  • Education in Rio
    • Many children drop out of school at 14
  • Crime
    High levels of crime in Rio
  • Favela Bairro project
    Project to improve favelas in Rio
  • Opportunities of Favela Bairro project
    • Building of new health and education facilities
    • Access to water supply and drainage improved sanitation
    • Cable car installed (1 free ticket per day)
  • Challenges of Favela Bairro project
    • Infrastructure not maintained
    • Residents lack skills to make repairs
    • Rents rise in improved favelas
  • Rio
    A case study of a major city in an LIC or NEE to illustrate: location, importance, causes of growth, opportunities from urban growth, challenges of urban growth