(developing traffic)

• Favela clearance


  • Initially used by the local government prior to the 2016 Olympic Games
• Self-help schemes


  • Use the skills of local people
  • Favela Bairro is an example
  • Much of the housing has been upgraded with concrete and bricks
  • Many houses have been connected to metered electricity
• Pacification


  • Introduced community police forces into some favelas
  • Improved refuse collection improves the environment
• Site and service schemes

  • Brick homes built by the local government
  • Installing pipes to provide sanitation and water supplies
  • Residents were given the right to buy after initially renting
  • Streets are wider to allow access for emergency services/waste lorries
• Roads


  • Have been paved and given formal addresses
• Slum clearance was not effective as people would simply move to another location and begin again
• Self-help schemes Impacts


  • Give residents a sense of ownership
  • Improve the community spirit through working together
  • Cheaper alternative to brand new housing areas
  • The Favela Bairro project has been successful as the money from rents has allowed other favelas to be developed
  • However, it does not help families without jobs who cannot afford to pay rent
  • It is only the smaller favelas (500-2500) which have been a focus for this investment
• Pacification was not totally successful because the police were accused of violent behaviour