Rio

Question 1

Rio importance

Answer 1

5% gdp, banking, finance, insurance, export port, 2014 WC + 2016 olympics, beaches, chemical, pharmaceutical, clothes, furniture, foods

Question 2

N zone

Answer 2

Industry+port, airport, favelas

Question 3

W zone

Answer 3

Suburbs, poor quality housing by steelworks, Olympic village

Question 4

Centro

Answer 4

CBD, historic, financial centre, Petrobras HQ

Question 5

S-zone

Answer 5

Tourist hotels, richest district in SA, Copacabana + Ipanema, luxury apartment

Question 6

Population

Answer 6

6.5 million

Question 7

Health opportunities

Answer 7

6 hospitals, not free, 45 year life expectancy, poor services for pregnant + elderly

Question 8

Health solutions

Answer 8

Medical staff to Santa Marta Favela of 8000, help identify 20 diseases + lower infant mortality and raise life expectancy

Question 9

Educations opps

Answer 9

90% literate, 25% not in school, half past 14, many into drug trafficking

Question 10

Education solutions

Answer 10

Volunteers in schools, grants, funding for free activities, private uni in Rocinha favela

Question 11

Water opps

Answer 11

Largest water treatment in world, 37% siphoned or leaks, 12% no access

Question 12

Water solutions

Answer 12

7 plants, 300km pipes, now 95% have access, improve quality + quantity

Question 13

Energy opps

Answer 13

Best energy provision (3-5*better than in countryside), tapping in, blackouts

Question 14

Energy solutions

Answer 14

60km power lines, nuclear reactor, Simplicio Hydro electric Dam increase power generated by 30%

Question 15

Economic opps

Answer 15

Construction, steel, tourism, manufacturing, ports, services, petrochemicals, retail, vendors, labourers, maids

Question 16

Crime suppression

Answer 16

UPP, taken control of 30 smaller favelas, crack down during olympics

Question 17

Rio air pollution

Answer 17

5000 deaths, steep mountains, tunnels, crime, 40% in last decade

Question 18

Rio air pollution solutions

Answer 18

Metro system expansion, one way during rush hours, tolls in Centro

Question 19

Rio water pollution

Answer 19

Polluted rivers, open sewer run off, ships empty fuel tanks, 200 tonnes raw sewage into the bay a day, oil spills

Question 20

Rio water pollution solutions

Answer 20

12 sewage works, fined for discharging fuel, 5km new sewage pipes

Question 21

Rocinha favela

Answer 21

90% have brick, sewage and electricity, TVs and fridge, newspaper + radio, Mc Donalds, travel agent, retail,video rental, schools, health facilities

Question 22

Construction challenges for favelas

Answer 22

Poor initially but now concrete, 2010 landslides killed 224, poor road access as very steep

Question 23

Rio favela service challenges

Answer 23

Illegal connections to power, open sewers, taps require trips

Question 24

Unemployment challenges Rio favelas

Answer 24

High as 20%, poor pay, less than £75 a month

Question 25

Crime issues Rio Favela

Answer 25

20/1000 murder rate, drug gangs, distrust corrupt police

Question 26

Health issues Rio favelas

Answer 26

High population density, 50/1000 mortality, waste can build up

Question 27

Favela Bairro improvements

Answer 27

Paved + named, access to water supply, hillsides secured, health + leisure and education facilities, one free ticket for cable car a day, 100% mortgages to buy homes, credit to improve homes

Question 28

Favela bairro success/failure

Answer 28

Improved QOL, recognised as model, used in other cities BUT 1 billion can’t cover all, infrastructure not maintained, no skills to maintain, more training needed to improve employment , rising rent