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Mind Map by Olivia Dawkins, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Olivia Dawkins
over 6 years ago
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The Favela-Bairro Project
- The Favela-Bairro Project helps
poor people to live in favelas.
- Often the poorest people in urban areas are the worst affected by
the problems of urban growth. Urban planning schemes help to
reduce the impact of these problems and improving the quality of
life for the poor urban people. An example of an urban planning
scheme is the Favela-Bairro Project in Rio de Janeiro.
- Rio de Janeiro is the south-east of Brazil. It has
more than 600 squatter settlements (called
favelas), housing 1/5 of the cities population which
is more than 1 million people.
- The Favela-Bairro project has been
running from 1995-2008 and has
involved 253, 000 in 73 favelas. It has lead to:
- Social improvements
- There are now day care centres for children,
adult education classes and services to help
young people with drug and alcohol addictions.
- There are now day care centres for children,
adult education classes and services to help
young people with drug and alcohol addictions.
- Economic Improvements
- It helps people get legal
ownership of their
properties.
- They also have training schemes
to help people find better job.
- It helps people get legal
ownership of their
properties.
- Environment Improvements
- Wooden buidings are being replaced with brick
buildings. Bricks are much more stable than
wood, especially withholding windy conditions.
- Street have been widened and paved
so people can get around easier.
- There are now rubbish
collections which happen on a
much more regular basis
- Wooden buidings are being replaced with brick
buildings. Bricks are much more stable than
wood, especially withholding windy conditions.
- Social improvements
- Rio de Janeiro is the south-east of Brazil. It has
more than 600 squatter settlements (called
favelas), housing 1/5 of the cities population which
is more than 1 million people.
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