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Living For The City. Learning Objective: To understand what life in a favela is like. Learning Objective: To understand what life in a favela is like. Learning Objective: To understand what life in a favela is like. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Living For The City
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Learning Objective: To understandwhat life in a favela is like.
Learning Objective: To understand what life in a favela is like.
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Learning Objective: To understandwhat life in a favela is like.
Learning Outcome: You will understand that shanty towns are a key feature of most LEDC cities.
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Learning Objective: To understandwhat life in a favela is like.
A “Favela” is the word used in Brazil to describe a shanty town.
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A A Shanty TownShanty Town is a squatter is a squatter community that springs up in an area community that springs up in an area
that used to have no houses.that used to have no houses.
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A A SquatterSquatter is someone who is someone who settles on the land without the settles on the land without the
legal right to be there.legal right to be there.
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Shanty Towns are also called Shanty Towns are also called “Spontaneous Settlements”“Spontaneous Settlements”. It . It
means the place is unplanned.means the place is unplanned.
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ROCINHAROCINHA is the biggest is the biggest favelafavela in Rio De Janeiro. in Rio De Janeiro.
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It’s also theIt’s also the biggest biggest in in
South South America!America!
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With people With people livingliving on on toptop of people! of people!
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ElectricityElectricity comes comes from wherever you from wherever you
can get it!can get it!
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And goes wherever it And goes wherever it is is needed!needed!
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Around Around 200,000200,000 people live people live in Rocinha... in Rocinha... WHY?WHY?
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Death RatesDeath Rates in Rocinha in Rocinha are are THREETHREE times higher times higher
than the rest of Rio.than the rest of Rio. Why? Why?
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What What questionsquestions can we ask can we ask the people here about the people here about livingliving
in in Rocinha?Rocinha?
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What kind of What kind of workwork will they do will they do in the in the future?future?
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Can she Can she enjoyenjoy living living
in in Rocinha?Rocinha?
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Can Can tourismtourism be be the answer?the answer?
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AQA Examiners tip
•With reference to a specific area of slum or shanty housing be able to describe the living conditions.
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Dharavi is the largest ‘slum’ in Asia
Location: Mumbai, India
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How would they describe Dharavi to a tourist?
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L.O: To understand life in Dharavi and be able to
describe it.
•Some can analyze why Dharavi is described as a “slum of hope”
•Most can explain why Dharavi is described as a “slum of despair”
•All can describe living conditions in Dharavi
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Use the “Vision Frame” to describe Dharavi
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Life in Dharavi is…
The streets are…
People are….
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Learning Outcome
We now understand•One in three people will live in urban slums in the next thirty years.
•Urban growth like this can create opportunities for development.
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AQA Examiners tip
•Know a case study of a slum area that has been improved to give residents a better quality of life.
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Kibera is the largest shanty town in Africa
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
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How would he want to see Kibera change?
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How can you persuade people to move here…
…from here?
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You have 5 minutes to persuade them!
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KENSUP = Kenya Slum Upgrade
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L.O: To explore strategies for improving
life in Kibera.
•Some can analyze the range of strategies to improve living conditions
•Most can explain how improvement schemes are managing urban poverty
•All can describe one way in which Kibera has been improved
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Who is helping to change Kibera for her?
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People take pride in their homes because…
Their health is improved by…
A ‘community spirit’ is created when…
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Learning Outcome
We now understand•Improving living conditions requires a range of strategies.
•Access to clean water and sanitation would make a big difference to many slum dwellers.
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Recap time!
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Explain what a ‘self-help scheme’ is.
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How would she describeher home to a visitor?
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Remember the case studies!
•Rocinha - Rio De Janiero, Brazil
•Dharavi - Mumbai, India
•Kibera - Nairobi, Kenya
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Thank You
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Thank You
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