❌ settlements develop when urbanisation occurs ❌ in ❌ areas. People are attracted to the city and ❌ make make-shift accommodation on ❌ land. The urbanisation is too ❌ to provide ❌ housing and too fast to provide suitable jobs. People usually end up working in the ❌ sector or are self employed (e.g. trading and offering services.
What are some push factors for migration from rural places to urban places?
there is poverty in poor areas
lack of job diversity
well-paid jobs in the city
clean and safe water supply in the city
rural environments are often very remote
What are some of the pull factors causing migration from rural environments to urban environments?
better paid jobs
Reliable sources of food
the rural environments often have a lack of land
little hope for change and improvement in the rural environments
the promise for electricity
Is Sao Paulo (Paraisopolis Favela) in Brazil?
Does Sao Paulo have a population of...?
80,000
120,000
90,000
75,000
Hazards of living in Sao Paulo
Landslides
No sewers or similar waste disposal system
tsunamis and vast flooding is common
disease is common
corrupt mayor and law system
What are the 3 schemes that are in use that help develop the parasopolis favela?
Rural investment
site and service
self-help schemes
waste disposal program
flood prevention program
