Life In Rocinha

Living For The City

Learning Objective: To understandwhat life in a favela is like.

Learning Objective: To understand what life in a favela is like.

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.

Learning Objective: To understandwhat life in a favela is like.

A “Favela” is the word used in Brazil to describe a shanty town.

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.

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.

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.

ROCINHAROCINHA is the biggest is the biggest favelafavela in Rio De Janeiro. in Rio De Janeiro.

It’s also theIt’s also the biggest biggest in in

South South America!America!

With people With people livingliving on on toptop of people! of people!

ElectricityElectricity comes comes from wherever you from wherever you

can get it!can get it!

And goes wherever it And goes wherever it is is needed!needed!

Around Around 200,000200,000 people live people live in Rocinha... in Rocinha... WHY?WHY?

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?

What What questionsquestions can we ask can we ask the people here about the people here about livingliving

in in Rocinha?Rocinha?

What kind of What kind of workwork will they do will they do in the in the future?future?

Can people Can people enjoyenjoy

living in living in Rocinha?Rocinha?

Can Can tourismtourism be be the answer?the answer?

Zen Geography

S. Jones 2009Photo credits: Flickr