AQA GCSE Geography - Rio Case Study

Rural-urban migration has created squatter settlements in Rio called

• Shanty Towns

• Favelas

• villa miseria

• gecekondu

What % of people in Rocinha have sanitation?

• 60%

• 40%

• 50%

• 20%

Families often share one tap, and 12% have no access to running water but what % of houses have water piped directly to their houses

• 10%

• 50%

• 30%

• 20%

Unemployment levels are high (20%) and wages are below __________ per month in the favelas

Life expectancy is lower in the favelas

• True

• False

What is the name of the Largest Favela in Brazil?

• Santa Marta

• Rocinha

• Vidigal

What is urban sprawl?

• The sprawl of people from rural areas to urban areas.

• The main city centre in an urban area.

• The spreading of rural areas into surrounding rural areas to accommodate the need for extra land space due to a rise in ecological footpint.

• The spreading of urban areas into surrounding rural areas to accommodate an expanding population.

The movement of people from one country to another is called...

• Migration

• Rural to urban migration

• International movement

• Annual migration

What is urbanisation?

• Urbanisation is the migration of people from rural areas to cities that results in the expansion of urban areas.

• Urbanisation is the migration of people from poor countries to rich countries.

• Urbanisation is the migration of people from urban to rural areas that results in the reduction of urban areas.

Push factor

• things that make people want to leave an area such as high crime, lack of education & health services

• things that attract people to move to an area such as greater employment opportunities