Shanty towns in LEDCs

We have been studying the growth of urban areas in LEDCs. You are to complete a short project on the shanty settlements in Rio de Janeiro (known in Brazil as favelas). You need to include the following information:

• Intoduction and map of Rio
• Details of the problems, including:

1. Housing - growth of favelas and periferia
2. Crime
3. Traffic
4. Pollution

• Attempts to address these problems, including:

1. Self-help schemes - Rocinha, Bairro Project
2. New towns

Use your textbook as your primary source and then use the web. Other sources of information include: a photo essay from the Washington Post, an article from BBC.

This is an image of Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro


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