Sao Paulo An Example Of An Ledc

Sao PauloSao Paulo- An example of an LEDC city trying to help itself

Lesson Aims: To look at how Sao Paulo has coped with UrbanisationUrbanisation To understand how the self-help schemeself-help scheme has worked

CW 5th March 2004

Recap on last lesson- A case study of urbanisation in LEDCs: Lima, Peru

Large numbers of people in developing cities live in slum areas called shanty towns.

A shanty town is a collection of shacks and poor-quality housing which often lack electricity, a water supply or sewage disposal

In Lima, the capital of Peru, a large shanty town called ‘Villa El Salvador’ started in 1971

Most of the people there are extremely poor- have little belongings, can't afford food, and have no running water or electricity

They live in extreme poverty, and suffer from malnutrition, TB, and Diahorrea amongst other things

Despite this, ‘Villa El Salvador’ is a success: a well planned town with an excellent community spirit

Self-Help SchemesSelf-Help Schemes

Self-Help Schemes

Most local authorities would prefer not to have shanty towns, but they cannot afford to provide new, high-quality housing to replace them.

To overcome this problem, they encourage people to improve their own property through Self-Help Schemes.

Self-Help Schemes- Continued

In these schemes, the authority provides land, a small loan, cheap building materials and basic services.

The squatters then help each other to build their own homes and improve their living conditions

Hence: Hence: Self-Help

Case StudyCase Study

Self-Help scheme in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Location of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sao Paulo- Background information

Sao Paulo is the richest and largest city in Brazil.

Urbanisation (from rural Brazil, to the big cities) has increased the population of Sao Paulo from 7 million in 1970 to 23 million today

The city authorities have an impossible task of providing housing and services for all

The rich people of Sao Paulo

The well-off of Sao Paulo live in elegant, expensive houses with large gardens and swimming pools

The properties are located near to the CBD

Housing for the poor (Favelas)

Location Favelas (shanty towns) are located on

land that no-one else wants These are on the edge of Sao Paulo, on

steep slopes, marshy areas and even on rubbish tips

Features The Favelas are similar to the shanty

towns in Lima

primitive shacks of wood and metal

some with only one room

Disease is common

Housing for the poor (Favelas)

People They are mainly newcomers to the city

with large families and no jobs or money They are squatters with no legal rights

and can be moved on at any time

Housing for the poor (Favelas)

The Sao Paulo Self-Help SchemeThe Sao Paulo Self-Help Scheme

The self-help scheme involved providing some land, a cheap loan and building material in and around Sao Paulo.

They then had to build the houses themselves:

TaskTask

On the A4 (plain) paper provided

Copy the picture off the board

(a useful sketch for use in Exams)

An Example of a ‘Self-Help Scheme’ house

Extension exercise

Have a go at the following GCSE question: