Rocinha problems + solutions (URBAN TOPIC)

Question 1

Name the five problems you’ll mention if this Q comes up

Answer 1

Housing
Employment
Crime
Pollution
Health

Question 2

Explain the solution for Housing

Answer 2

Slum rehabilitation
Provided with safer materials, less injuries, less pressure on hospitals
Sometimes just hides true problems, like sewage systems
Example: Tried in Bolivia and Pakistan

Question 3

Explain the solution for Employment

Answer 3

Charities
Provides money for self help schemes, increases literacy rates so people can get jobs, more income so better standard of living
Example: Developing minds foundation

Question 4

Explain the solution for pollution

Answer 4

Rural Investment
Funds improvements to rural areas, so less people migrate to cities so less overcrowding and overall less pollution

Question 5

Explain the solution for Health

Answer 5

Self help Schemes
Local authority provides materials needed for permanent accommodation, electricity and clean water, promotes sanitation

Question 6

Explain the solution for Crime

Answer 6

Pacification
Armies enter favelas, social services set up, this reduces gang violence, law established, however can actually result in more violence between military and gangs