Urban issues and challenges

Question 1

What is a Brownfield site?

Answer 1

Land that has been used, abandoned.

Question 2

What is a Greenfield site?

Answer 2

Land that is often rural or on the edge of a urban area and has not been built on yet.

Question 3

What is Dereliction?

Answer 3

Land or building which have been abandoned and are declining

Question 4

What is the definition of sustainable its

Answer 4

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations

Question 5

Megacity definition

Answer 5

Population over 10 million.

Question 6

What is Rio of local importance?

Answer 6

There are five industrial districts in the city which provide jobs for the local people.

Question 7

What is Natural increase?

Answer 7

Where the birth rate is higher than the death rate.

Question 8

What is urban deprivation?

Answer 8

A lack of basic materials needed for a decent quality of life.

Question 9

What is sustainable urban living definition?

Answer 9

Improving the quality of life of people in a city at present, without leaving the burden for the future generation.

Question 10

What is Urban decline?

Answer 10

Deterioration of the inner city often caused by a lack of investment and maintenance.

Question 11

Urbanisation definition?

Answer 11

The process by which an increasing percentage of a country’s population comes to live I’m towns and cities.

Question 11

What is birth rate?

Answer 11

The number of live babies born per 1000 of the population per year.

Question 12

What is death rate?

Answer 12

The number of deaths per 1000 if the population per year.

Question 13

What is rural urban migration?

Answer 13

The movement of people from the countryside into towns and cities.

Question 13

What are the two main causes of urban growth?

Answer 13

.Natural increase
.Rural-urban Migration

Question 14

How is Rio of National importance?

Answer 14

.Until 1960 it was Brazil’s capital and remains the cultural capital.
.50 museums
.Produces 5% of Brazils GDP

Question 15

How is Brazil of International importance?

Answer 15

.5 ports and exports coffee, sugar, sugar and iron ore
.held 2014 football World Cup
.held 2016 Olympics

Question 16

What are some educational opportunities in Rio?

Answer 16

.6 major universities and a university in the Rocinha Favela.
.contains 19 of the top 50 schools in Brazil

Question 17

What are some heath are opportunities in Rio?

Answer 17

.3 public hospitals
.6 private hospitals

Question 18

What is life expectancy in Rio compared to Brazil?

Answer 18

Rio-77.2
Brazil-75.9

Question 19

What are some economic opportunities in Rio?

Answer 19

.Land Rover opened in 2016 and employs 400 people

Question 20

How meany people have access to water in Rio?

Answer 20

Rio-96%
Brazil-65%

Question 21

What are some environmental challenges of Rio?

Answer 21

.5,400 died due to air pollution
.disease and rats are caused by poor waste collection in the favelas

Question 22

What are employment challenges in the favelas?

Answer 22

.30% work in the informal sector and get less than £60 a month
.unemployed in favelas is at 20%

Question 23

What are challenges of crime in Rio?

Answer 23

.In 2012 there were 27 violent deaths per 100,00

Question 24

What are some education challenges in Rio?

Answer 24

Education is compulsory for 6-14 year olds and only half continue after 14 meany become involved in crime.

Question 25

What are healthcare challenges in Rio?

Answer 25

.Only 70% of the population have access to healthcare .Infant mortality rate is 5x higher in the favelas

Question 25

What percentage of people don’t have access to electricity in Rio?

Answer 25

30%

Question 26

What are ways Rio is being improved?

Answer 26

.Pacification Campogrando .Teleferico

Question 27

What is Pacification?

Answer 27

Armed police drive out criminals and provide new services.