S+-+Shanty+towns

media type="youtube" key="Dnb2DIiRV_k" height="344" width="425"media type="youtube" key="16QpC6yCtWU" height="344" width="425" The two videos above show what life is like in Rocinha, Brazil. It tlaks above the problems and ways of making peoples live better.

Shanty towns/favelas - these are settlements in Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDC) such as Brazil and South Africa. They are also referred to as slums and are on the outskirts large towns and cities. The conditions are often very poor and do not meet basic human needs. Conditions in Shanty towns: Solutions to the problems Shanty Towns face: Self-help schemes - the Sao Paulo city authority would prefer to remove the shanty towns but this would cost a lot of money as they would have to provide housing and amenities. As a result the city authority has implemented self-help schemes. This involves the city authority giving the residents of the shanty town a small loan to: Below is a picture of a self-help housing scheme in Sao Paulo:
 * often lacks clean water
 * getting good quality food is often impossible
 * poor sanitation
 * housing made of cardboard, wood and corrugated iron
 * liable to landslides as they are often built on hills
 * no drainage systems - flooding when it rains and sewerage often sits in the street
 * houses/shacks are built closely together - very high density urban zone
 * no toilets
 * no refuse collection
 * high crime rates - drug crime
 * improve or extend the house
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">cheap building materials
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">basic amenities