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1.7 Urbanisation

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Land Use Models in Brazil

Task 1 - Study the diagram below carefully. It represents how land is normally (not always) used in developing countries. The different zones represent what is normally found there (i.e. how the land is used).
 
IGCSE Geography - Land use - worksheet
​The model below is based on cities in Brazil. The model has one similarity with the Burgess Model as the CBD is still in the centre.

However, in the MIC model the urban zones are less defined, the high class sector is very small and close to the CBD, there are no middle class housing zones (like the suburbs of the HIC’s), the largest zone is the shanty towns which are usually on the outskirts. Large-scale industry is often fairly recent and is sited along main routeways or around the edges. (source) 


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Source BBC Bitesize
Task 2 - Take a tour of the four different locations in Rio, Brazil.

Try to identify which of the zones each place represents.

Take a tour along the road, look up, look to the side and get an idea of what life is like.

​Take a screen shot of a memorable view that you see and then write an account of that zone in less than 50 words next to the screenshot on your worksheet. 
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​Urbanization in
Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

worksheet for this section - task 1 - 5
Objective: To find out why people move to Rio de Janeiro in huge numbers and the impacts that this has on the megacity.

**In preparation for this lesson, you should have watched the Ross Kemp on Gangs video** to the right 


Please complete the note taking tasks from the video on this worksheet. 


​Now access the worksheet above. 

Starter. Find a suitable definition of the term 'urbanisation' and enter it onto your worksheet. 


Task 1. Using the CIA World Factbook for Brazil, find the data and enter it onto your worksheet for the indicators listed. 
 


Task 2 - The location. Watch the YouTube video and then study the Google map below to write a detailed description of the location of Rio and also our focus area, Rocinha.

Help Needed? Click here

​Task 3 - Knowing more about shanty towns / favelas. This link will help. 
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a. Define a shanty town.


b. Explain how these informal settlements have grown.

c. Create a spider diagram to show why shanty towns like Rocinha grow rapidly.

d. Make a list of five possible locations that you may find shanty towns. Think carefully about land values and accessibility.
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​Task 4 - Check out the video to the right about the Olympics in Rio in 2016. 

Why are the government so concerned about favelas?

What are they doing about it? 

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Task 5 - 
Do you think that favelas get bad publicity because of they way that they look?

Is there more to these places than just drugs and guns? 

Check out the video here and make your notes on the worksheet. 
  


​Impacts of Urbanization 
To be added in 2022 - summary of impacts of urbanisation on people and the environment. 


​Improving Favelas - Option   1 (small group)
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IMPROVING SHANTY TOWNS - CLASSROOM PRESENTATION
File Size: 3843 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File


Task 2-  (2 lessons) - Improving a Shanty Town - page 43-49 - More Thinking Through Geography. Excellent DME activity.


Here is the single PowerPoint slide to project on the board and annotate - like this 



Task 3 -  Now put together your exam answer.  At the end, you must paste in the following sentence:


“Improving the favelas can never be a truly sustainable solution to the problems caused by rural to urban migration”


Explain why this is the case. What would have to be done to improve conditions? Go right back to the cause of the problem in terms of people moving from the rural areas. How can you limit that? Think about the 400 point card in the decision making process...
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Thanks to Kevin Cooper as I have used extracts of his lesson here.


IMPROVING  FAVELAS - OPTION   2  (large GROUP)

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​Starter - A 20 minute immersive interactive adventure. 

Sometimes it is great to just watch and listen and not have to write anything! So, this is what you are going to do today to start the lesson. Through the magic of Google, you are going to visit favelas in Rio and be guided around the different areas by a local woman who knows the place well. 

Click on the image above to access the site. Watch the introduction video and then jump on the motorbike to travel all the way up through the favela. Don't skip this section please - it is a really great 360° video journey right to the top of the hill. 

Once at the top, you will be given the choice to start visiting different people in the favela and learn more about their lives. There is everything from technology entrepreneurs, dancers, musicians and a whole lot more. Some of the videos are in 360° and some are just normal. 

Headphones on, volume turned up and off you go! 

Task 1 - What does a self help scheme look like? Use the worksheet below to annotate the key features of a self help scheme around the photo.  This image might help you. 
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what is a self help scheme? worksheet

​Now, download the PowerPoint presentation using the first tab beneath.


Task 2 - You are going to complete a short study to find out about four ways that places in Rio can be improved. To access this, click on the second tab below. 
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​Complete the outstanding notes on the worksheet using the information on the PowerPoint to help you. The first two examples have been partially completed for you to give you an idea of what sort of detail is required. 

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powerpoint tasks - urban improvement
framework worksheet - urban improvement
Task 3 - Once the activities above are complete, you are going to answer the following IGCSE question on your Task 2 worksheet above:


​“For a named city, describe attempts to improve the quality of life there” (7)
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​Exam Revision

Study the PowerPoint below. It gives you details of the main issues surrounding rural to urban migration as well as shanty town growth.


Additional Work
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Improving Shanty Towns in India - Presentation here

Interactive Virtual Visit to an Indian Shanty Town.
FAVELAS PRESENTATION
File Size: 507 kb
File Type: ppt
Download File


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