Transcript Brazil`s Injustice (Lesson 20)

Travel and Tourism
Population of Brazil
Population of Brazil:183,886,761
• European Heritage: 50%
• Mixed: 25%
• African Heritage: 10%
• Indigenous: 10%
Most of the European heritage live in the South and
Southeastern regions
The largest number of African Brazilian is concentrated in
the Northeast and in Rio de Janerio and Bahia
The Indigenous population lives in the North and Centre
West Region
• Economic Inequality is a characteristic of Brazilian
society. There are huge differences between the rich
and the poor.
• Only 5 percent of the population owns 80% of the
land
• Approximately 20 million Brazilians earn less than
$100 per month
• Many people have migrated to the Southern cities to
search for work and a better living conditions.
• Most people come from Sertao (countryside) because
the country experience long decades of floods and
droughts.
• People arrive to the city hoping to find
better living conditions. When they
arrive there is no work or houses.
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• Slums: ramshackle, illegal
neighborhoods on the outskirts of the
city. Living conditions and sanitation
are poor. There is no running water.
• Favelas: name for slums in Brazil
roads are often small and in bad
condition. Residents are often
affected by flooding.
A look at Favelas in Rio de Janerio
Strand: Human-Environmental Interactions
 OE:
- analyse
issues
that arise from
the impact
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 SE:
– demonstrate
understanding
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natural systems can diminish their capacity for supporting human activity
 *SE: HE2.02 – analyse the impact of past and current trends in agriculture (e.g.,
Green Revolution, corporate farming, biotechnology, monoculture, organic
Rio is a coastal city facing the south Atlantic
farming) on natural and human systems;
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– analyse
of efforts to increase
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selected natural environment (e.g., Chinese model of land use, polders in the
located at the western entrance to Guanabara
Netherlands, hydroponic farming, wetland reclamation, hillside terracing, fish
farming)
Bay. and their short- and long-term economic, social, and environmental
impacts;
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Building Problems
• Rio has experienced many building problems. There
is very little land for developers to build and
expand.
• The population exploded because of the city’s
healthy economy, climate and beautiful
surroundings.
• By 1940 the city had over 2 million people. Today
the population is at 6 million people.
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As the main land area was used up only undesirable
land at high elevations were available to people who
could not afford to live on the lowlands by the bay
or beaches.
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People with little money built their homes on
mountain slopes and less desirable areas
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These areas were known as shantytowns or Favelas.
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40% of Rio’s population live in these
neighbourhoods.
As you watch the film, notate the
INJUSTICES that you see….
•Social
•Environmental
•Film: Slum Cities
Improvements in Favelas:
• The government of Brazil has spent $300 million on a
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project called "Favela Bairro", to improve the living
conditions of the favelas..
Attempts have been made to give favelados ownership
of the land which their homes are located
Many favelados have improved the appearance of their
properties. Homes are now built with bricks and cinder
blocks compared to cardboard and metal scraps
before.
City authorities are also installing sanitation pipes and
providing hydro and fresh water.