rio

• 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