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Modern Brazil: Travel and Tourism

Explore the vibrant culture and diverse heritage of Brazil, from its European, African, and Indigenous roots to the economic inequality and challenges faced in its cities. Discover the beauty of Rio de Janeiro, the famous Favelas, and the government's efforts to improve living conditions.

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Modern Brazil: Travel and Tourism

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  1. Travel and Tourism MODERN BRAZIL

  2. Population of Brazil • Population of Brazil:183,886,761 • European Heritage: 50% • Mixed: 25% • African Heritage: 10% • Indigenous: 10% • Most of the European heritage live in the South and Southeastern regions • The largest number of African Brazilian is concentrated in the Northeast and in Rio de Janerio and Bahia • The Indigenous population lives in the North and Centre West Region

  3. Economic Inequality • Economic Inequality is a characteristic of Brazilian society. There are huge differences between the rich and the poor. • Only 5 percent of the population owns 80% of the land • Approximately 20 million Brazilians earn less than $100 per month • Many people have migrated to the Southern cities to search for work and a better living conditions. • Most people come from Sertao (countryside) because the country experience long decades of floods and droughts.

  4. Unit Culminating Activity • People arrive to the city hoping to find better living conditions. When they arrive there is no work or houses. • Many of these destitute people are forced to build their own shacks in the outskirts of the city and live in Shantytowns. • Slums: ramshackle, illegal neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city. Living conditions and sanitation are poor. There is no running water. • Favelas:name for slums in Brazil roads are often small and in bad condition. Residents are often affected by flooding. • Show rubrics….the expectations…and just talk about the little activities that we are going to do thru the lessons that build up to the culminating

  5. Favelas of Brazil

  6. Look familiar to something we have seen? Lounging or unemployed?

  7. Coded Expectations for the Unit A look at Favelas in Rio de Janerio • Rio is one of the most famous cities in the world. It attracts many tourists and people from Brazil. • Rio is a coastal city facing the south Atlantic ocean on the South-central Brazilian Coast. It is located at the western entrance to Guanabara Bay. Strand: Human-Environmental Interactions • OE: HEV.02 - analyse geographic issues that arise from the impact of human activities on the environment in different regions of the world; • SE: HE1.01 – demonstrate an understanding of how human-induced changes in natural systems can diminish their capacity for supporting human activity • *SE: HE2.02 – analyse the impact of past and current trends in agriculture (e.g., Green Revolution, corporate farming, biotechnology, monoculture, organic farming) on natural and human systems; • *SE: HE3.02 – analyse examples of efforts to increase the productivity of a selected natural environment (e.g., Chinese model of land use, polders in the Netherlands, hydroponic farming, wetland reclamation, hillside terracing, fish farming) and their short- and long-term economic, social, and environmental impacts;

  8. Map of Brazil

  9. Building Problems • Rio has experienced many building problems. There is very little land for developers to build and expand. • The population exploded because of the city’s healthy economy, climate and beautiful surroundings. • By 1940 the city had over 2 million people. Today the population is at 6 million people.

  10. As the main land area was used up only undesirable land at high elevations were available to people who could not afford to live on the lowlands by the bay or beaches. • People with little money built their homes on mountain slopes and less desirable areas • These areas were known as shantytowns or Favelas. • 40% of Rio’s population live in these neighbourhoods.

  11. Let’s take a look • As you watch the film, notate the INJUSTICES that you see…. • Social • Environmental • Film: Slum Cities

  12. Strand: Understanding and Managing Change Improvements in Favelas: • The government of Brazil has spent $300 million on a project called "Favela Bairro", to improve the living conditions of the favelas.. •  Attempts have been made to give favelados ownership of the land which their homes are located • Many favelados have improved the appearance of their properties. Homes are now built with bricks and cinder blocks compared to cardboard and metal scraps before. • City authorities are also installing sanitation pipes and providing hydro and fresh water.

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