GCSE Geography Urban challenges and solutions-Rio de Janeiro - 3 lesson pack

This resource comes with a PPT with visual activities and tasks, structured notes sheets to answer all questions on, and an information pack to draw from.

It looks into the social, economic, and environmental challenges faced by urban areas in NEEs eg Brazil. It looks specifically at how these challenges are met in Rio de Janeiro and hones in on the favela of Rocinha. It utilises Ta no mapa, the Google maps project to increas visibility of the businesses in the favela, looks at how Rochinha Surf School aims to tackle youth crime, how the anaerobic digester and the JAMA programme deals with environmental issues of waste, how the Bus Rapid Transit addresses congestion and how Schools of Tomorrow aims to reduce the education gap. Fits with majority of exam board syllabuses who study urban environments.