Rio De Janeiro : The Largest City Of The State Rio

They settled in the hills (morros) that overlook the city of Rio. They chose to name their district favela – a skin-irritating plant that exists in Northern Brazil. These veteran soldiers were joined by former slaves in the 1920s. Nonetheless, it is not before 1937 that the Government of Rio recognized the existence of favelas in the Codigo de Obras.

Finally, Brazilian infrastructure is a major obstacle on the path to development. Brazil is ranked 105th out of 139 countries surveyed in quality of roads; out of the BRIC nations, only Russia is worse. Many of the cost advantages that Brazil enjoys are negated by the high

In going forward with the research it is important to understand what Favelas actually are. In the Encyclopedia Brittanica Jeff Wallenfeldt describes Favelas as, “a slum or shantytown located within or on the outskirts of the country’s large cities, especially Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. A Favela typically comes into being when squatters occupy vacant land at the edge of a city and construct shanties of salvaged or stolen materials” (Wallenfeldt). At last census count there were 30 plus favelas in the city of Rio de Janeiro. There is almost 1.4 million people living in the Favelas of Rio (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística). For most of the residents of Favelas, the Favelas act as a live, work, play environment. Most people own small businesses within the Favela.

Eventually, people grew tired of all the tragedies and corruption during this time period and started trying to reform. For the poor people living in the tenement houses, there were journalists known as "muckrakers" that went into these homes and took pictures and wrote about them. People then seen how these people lived and things started getting better for the poor. There were settlement houses established that provided private charities to help them out. The workers in these houses taught classes to the mothers about proper child care and taught English to the immigrants. The lives of the poor gradually got better over

People that lost their home from the Great Depression striking them and if they were poor they had to live in tents.Big families used their old unused car to extend their tent homes they covered the in fabric so they can sleep in their car.Most Of the people that lived in the shanty town had to use public charities or beg to people who had houses which not a lot of people did.

Conditions in these were terrible, Most people had no lights or any air. They were overcrowded. They were very dirty. Laws were eventually made to improve the conditions in these tenement houses. They made changes because people were dying from terrible conditions.

Residents are overall unaware of the activities undertaken by UPP Social. They associate it with social events organized by the UPPs. As a consequence, many residents did not want to take part in the activities, as they associated UPP Social with the police. To overcome the misunderstandings, the program was renamed “Rio + Social” in 2014 (Fernandes 2014). However, the change in name did not improve the services offered, and residents’ views are not taken into account when mapping needs of the community.

Brazil is often viewed as a fun filled country, with beautiful beaches, beautiful people and fantastic soccer players. While all of these may hold true, especially the soccer part, having won 5 FIFA World Cups and also hosting the 2014 version of the event, Brazil has proven to be an emerging market with a lot of potential. Based on the East coast and stretching well into the central area of South America, the Federative Republic of Brazil, as it is officially known as, is a country made up of 26 states and it occupies almost half of the South American continent. It current capital city is Brasilia, while it also has 14 large cities with populations of over one million including Sao Paolo (12 million), Rio de Janeiro (6 million) and

The concepts of geography, government and economics affect the quality of life in Brazil because of the positive and negative change throughout the country. Brazil is one of the largest countries is the world with a population over 208 million. Their quality of life has grown immensely as it once was covered in rainforest and grasslands. However, it is still mostly covered with the Amazon Rainforest but their are also many cities where most people live and work. Two of the largest cities in Brazil are São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Farm lands are nearly extinct do to the tropical climate throughout the country, which can make it extremely difficult for people to plant anything outside of just grains. Most Brazilians live a decent life, however

With a booming population that only continued to grow, as more and more people flocked to the city for jobs, housing was cramped. With more people than the area could support, combined with the inadequate sanitary conditions of the slums, where they had “neither gutters no drains” and “refuse [accumulated] in stagnant, stinking puddles.”(5) people would be forced to live surrounded by disease. Diseases that would spread fast, and killed many. These people had no choice but to live surrounded by shit, and were given no choices about their future along with no chance at progressing away from poverty. Their lives went down hill and not only did progress but

Brazil, is in East South America and has many neighboring countrie. Brazil is located East of Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, ect. And West/Southwest of Argentina, Uruguay, and the Atlantic Ocean. “Brazil is as large as the whole of Europe” (Richard 7). Brazil has a great geography, a tropical climate, Federal government, growing economy, diverse culture, and interesting facts that are fun.

Sao Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, a major country in South America and also the seventh largest metropolitan area in the world. Sao Paulo, often referred to as 'Sampa' is the biggest financial hub in the nation and is home to several foreign corporations and the second largest stock exchange in the Americas. This busy city with lots of skyscrapers is a main tourist destination in Brazil and is well known for museums, shopping, gastronomy, architecture, Sao Paulo Fashion Week and nightlife.

Rio de Janeiro relies greatly on the Amazon river for food, water, and fertile soil to grow crops for money. The Tijuca Forest is also a positive factor in our environment in that humans have made a place for wild animals to live, thrive, and grow. Rio also has many bad human interactions including polluted waterways, super bacteria, poaching, and zika, these are bad actions by humans that are harming the environment, we can stop these bad interactions with the environment by having better law enforcement and picking up more trash to make Rio a better place. Rio has natural interactions too like mudslides and floods, in 2011 a flood attacked Rio along with mudslides and landslides causing over 1,700 deaths. We have affected Rio and Rio has affected us but if we help to preserve and keep Rio clean we will have this magnificent city for a much longer

In 1999, thirty years later, Perlman decided to revisit Rio de Janeiro and began a new study with the previously used locations: the favela of Catacumba, which was destroyed in 1970, forcing its residents to relocated to multiple low income apartment complexes known as conjuntos; Nova Brasilia, which became part of the infamous Complexo do Alemao (a complex of many favelas); and lastly the municipality of Duque de Caxias which is located in region known as the Lowlands of the State of Rio (Baixada Fluminense). This newly acquired research served in the production of Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio de Janeiro. This book tells the stories of people that Perlman interviewed along with their children and grandchildren. She blends detailed personal testimonies with insightful

Stretching over 2,500 miles form east to west and 2,700 miles from north to south, Brazil is the world’s largest tropical country. The only nations that are larger are the lands of Russia, Canada, China and the United States. Brazil has more then 150 million people spread unevenly over its huge land area, making it the fifth most populated country in the world. (Encyclopedia.com) More then two thirds of Brazil’s people live in the cities and towns and more then 29 percent of them are in the ten cities with more then a million people. These include the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo with more then 15 million people and Rio de Janeiro with more then 9 million people. The rural population is mostly concentrated on the East Coast or