rio de janerio case study

• rio de janerio is a case study that is a NEE city.
• rio shows us how urban growth creates opportunites and challenges
• challenges that rio face are social economical and enviromental
• social issues include crime, inequality, health problems, housing shortages, and poor access to services.
• environmental issues include pollution, waste management, deforestation, flooding, and climate change.
• economic issues include unemployment, low wages, high cost of living, lack of investment, and corruption.
• economic development has helped rios transport and enviroment
• city favelas have been improved by the government and are now more secure and large businesses have been attracted
• schools of tommorow aim to improve education in poor and violent areas as levels have crimes are high
• UPPS established to reclaim favelas
• high level of crimes make people want to drive. this therefore means more emissions being released which can cause air pollution
• rio has expanded its metro system in order to cut the use of cars
• the expansion of the metro system will reduce congestion on roads, reducing travel time and making it easier for people to get around