Rio

Question 1

What is urbanisation?

Answer 1

The process by which an increasing percentage of people of a country’s population live in towns and cities

Question 2

What is a Mega city?

Answer 2

A city with a population over 10 million

Question 3

What is a Meta city?

Answer 3

A city with a population over 20 million

Question 4

Give examples of newly emerging economies

Answer 4

Brazil, India, Nigeria

Question 5

Why is rate of urbanisation slower in HICS?

Answer 5

Countrysides are more developed: Better healthcare, more job opportunites, housing.

Question 6

What are some reasons for urbanisation in LICS?

Answer 6

Poor education, poor housing, lack of job opportunities, lack of healthcare

Question 7

What percentage of the UK live in cities?

Answer 7

60%

Question 8

What is natural increase?

Answer 8

When birth rate is higher then the death rate

Question 9

What does a population graph look like in LICs overtime?

Answer 9

1. Lots of births as death rates are high due to a lack of medicine. This means people would still have enough kids to take care of them in adulthood
2. Western medicine is introduced, meaning death rates drop, but the culture still has lots of kids so population increases
3. Life becomes more modernized, so people have less kids (more girls going to school)

Question 10

Why is rate of natural increase slowing down in HICS?

Answer 10

Contraception introduced, more career orientated individuals (such as women), women’s rights, expensive to have lots of kids (cost of living crisis)

Question 11

What is counter urbanisation?

Answer 11

People moving out of cities into the countryside

Question 12

Where is Rio?

Answer 12

Brazil, South America, on the Atlantic Coast, 23 degrees South and 43 degrees west of the equator

Question 13

What has caused rapid population growth in the past 50 years?

Answer 13

Tourism

Question 14

What is the culture like in Rio?

Answer 14

Portugese, mixed

Question 15

What’s Rio’s industry like?

Answer 15

Manufacturing, banking, tourism, clothing, processed foods.

Question 16

Why is Rio important?

Answer 16

It has a port in the north - good for trade
Generated 5% of GDP income for Brazil
Stunning surroundings lead to tourism
Hosted Olympic games

Question 17

What is the north of Rio like?

Answer 17

Port with trade, 3 airports, manufacturing factories, Low quality housing and favellas,

Question 18

What are advantages (social opportunities) of moving to Rio?

Answer 18

• Access to clean water
• Better Healthcare
• 6 universities
• 99% people have access to electricity
• 25% people have access to electricity in rural areas

Question 19

What is the South of Rio like?

Answer 19

Development gap between wealthy and favellas
Cococabana beach
Largest favellas
High crime rates

Question 20

What are the two beaches that attract tourists in Rio?

Answer 20

Cococabana, Impanema

Question 21

What is West Rio like?

Answer 21

Statue of Jesus - tourism
Olympic venues
Poor quality housing
Wealthy suburbs
Cricket games

Question 22

What is central Rio like?

Answer 22

Main shopping centers
Oil, banking, manufacturing companies

Question 23

What are the economic challenges of the favellas?

Answer 23

Rio doesn’t earn money off of them as they don’t pay taxes due to illegal housing
Expensive to renovate favellas

Question 24

What are environmental challenges of the favellas?

Answer 24

Prone to climate change
Floods easily
Favellas prone to landslides
High temps

Question 25

What are social challenges of the favelllas?

Answer 25

High population density High crime rate Poor infastructure and drainage

Question 26

What are the favellas like? (housing)

Answer 26

Steep sloped means houses are vunerable to landslides Houses are poor quality as they are built illegally with scraps 50% no sewage 12 percent no running water 30 percent no electricity

Question 27

What are the favellas like in terms of employment?

Answer 27

Unemployment = 20 percent Employment poorly paid as it is in the informal sector (less than 75 a month)

Question 28

What is the population density like?

Answer 28

37000 per square km

Question 29

Infant mortality rates?

Answer 29

50 per 1000

Question 30

Why is waste a problem in the favellas?

Answer 30

Waste bins can't get up hills so burning rubbish causes fires

Question 31

What is the name of the renovation scheme for the favellas?

Answer 31

Favella Barrio Project

Question 32

What were the proposals for the project? What were the problems with these?

Answer 32

Re-housing people from the favellas - Increased population density in the city - increased congestion - expensive Forced eviction - increased population density - increased homelessness in city - tourism decreases Developing rural areas - expensive - sloping landscapes Raising taxes for rich to pay for the poor - Rich people leave, meaning economy declines

Question 33

What were the successes of the project?

Answer 33

Quality of life, mobility and employment has improved

Question 34

What were failures of the project?

Answer 34

Budget of 1 million won't cover the favellas - newly built infastructure not maintained

Question 35

What were some approaches they did for the project?

Answer 35

Access to water supplies and better drainage Seared hillsides for a safer environment New health and leisure centers Cable car - access to city for employment