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13 Cards in this Set
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Where is Sao Paulo?
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It is Brazil's largest city |
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Where are the favelas located and how many of them are there?
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2500 favelas are located around new factories, along main roads, railway lines and near water (river banks, gullies, floodplains) |
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How have Sao Paulo's favelas grown and moved?
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What percentage of Sao Paulo's population lives in favelas? |
20% |
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What are the problems in Sao Paulo's favelas? |
Have no services at first. Gang and crime is often high. Rats and cockroaches are a problem. |
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What did community groups campaign to get the government to do? |
improve services, reduce crime and give favela children more of a future. |
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How do micro-loans help people? |
Small grants are given to local groups to help them set up businesses |
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What improvements have been made to some of the older favelas? |
Some of them now have: basic infrastructure, brick buildings, services and shops |
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What did BNH (A federal bank) do to help improve the favelas? |
Funded urban housing projects and low-interest loans to lower and middle-income home buyers. |
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What did INCOOP (a state-level cooperatives institute) do to help improve the favelas? |
Helped to build housing for state workers such as teachers.
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What did CODESSPAULO (A state-level development company) do to help improve the favelas?
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Helped with housing for low-income families and financed some slum upgrading projects |
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What did COHAB (a collaborative private sector/ state company scheme) do to help improve the favelas? |
Helped to develop housing for limited income families |
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What problem may be caused by improving the favelas?
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It may encourage more rural migrants to come to the city which would make problems worse |
