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in Sao Paulo ..... of its .... people still live in shanty towns
2.5million 18 million
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Many of Sao Paulo's poor live in
temporaary accommodation in shanty settlements usually on the outskirts of the city . These people are squatters and have no legal right to the land they occupy
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Sao Paulo is the .... , .... and most ...... city in Brazil . With the cities population having grown from ....in 1970 to ...... by 2000 , the authorities have had an almost impossible task in providing sufficient housing services .
- largest richest
- insdustrialised
- 7 million
- 16.6 million
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what is the name of the largest slum in Sao Paulo in Brazil (in terms of population size)
Heliopolis
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once infamous as the largest favela in Brazil , through a process of imporvement (...........................................................................) Helipolis today ..............................................................
(via self-help and site and service and other schemes) oficially has the status of a low class neighbourhood , not a favela . However , within Helipolis access to basic facilities is extremely variable - some of the improved homes have a water supply , sewers , electricity and even wifi but the basic shacks of recent newcomers often have nothing
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nowadays a population of ........ people live in Heliopplis in a mix of absaloute and .....-..... in an area of almost ..... ..... square metres , with a super rich area located next to it
- 120,000
- semi-poverty
- one million
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where is Heliopolis built
in the district of Sacoma , SE Sao Paulo , on the slopes and bottom of a valley around streams and rivers
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when was Heliopolis established
50 years ago
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self help schemes are the only hope for the sqautters to improve their homes . The most intemidiate needs of the poor are often simple :
a plot on which to build , a small loan to improve or extend the house , cheap buildling materials and basic services
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why dont authorities remove shanty settlements from their cities
beacsus few can find the necessary resources that would be needed to provide alternate accomodation . as a result shanty towns become permanent
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how effective are self help schemes
unfortunately , despite the introduction of self help schemes , local authorities in developing cities like Sao Paulo and Rio De Janiero rarely can keep pace with the continuous and large numbers of newcomers
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two local government-assisted schemes in Sao Paulo aimed at improving the quality of life in a favela are :
- low cost improvements which is a community housing project
- self help schemes
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explain the low cost improvements in Sao Paulo
- it is an ASH community housing projcet
- existing homes may be improved by rebuilding the houses with cheap and quick and easy to use breeze blocks . A water tank on the rood collects rain water and is connected to the water supply and , in turn , to an outside wash basin and an indoor bathroom/toilet . Electricty and mains seage are added .
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most inhabitants of the houses that have experienced low cost improvements , which is found in the peripheral parts of Sao Paulo , will have
some type of employment enabling them to pay low rent
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explain the self help scheme in Sao Paulo
groups of people are encouraged to help build their own homes . Each group will do the basic work such as digging ditches to take the water and sewage pipes . The local authority will then provide breeze-blocks and roofing tiles , and then the group will provide the labour . The money which this saves the authorities can then be used to provide amenities such as electricity , a clean water supply , tarred roads and a community centre
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what are the advanatges of self help schemes
- they can be done in stages
- they can create a community spirit
- as the cost of building is relatively cheap , more houses can be provided
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the ash scheme has meant that
the status of housing areas has improved and some areas have become lower class/low income urban residential districts with their own services . Roads built by authorities through the settlements , even if not paved , enabled the area to be intergrated into the city's bus network . Some families in formal work , with a regular income , have build upwards and added an extra storey
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...... (which means paradise city) id one of Brazil's largest favelas , home to about ...... people
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In recent years Ash schemes have linked it into the main
service network of Sao Paulo
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Many areas in Paraisopolis now have
piped water and electricity . Schools have also been built in order to improve the level of education in the favela so that young people have the chance to get a better and more skilled job and therefor earn more money in order to improve their quality and way of life
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Many residents in Paraisopolis now have
low skilled jobs
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in 2008 the Brazilian chain store , Casas Bahia , which sells furniture and electrical goods ,
opened its first ever store in a favela . This was only possible as it was only real social and economic improvements which meant the PCC (a criminal organisation in Sao Paulo) to be driven out , so businesses no-longer had to pay a bribe to them , which allowed new businesses to arrive
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the improvements in Paraisopolis have made a huge difference . A
market for housing now exists with houses being bought and sold for between 4,000 and 80,000
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