Environmental Science, 10th Edition (Cunningham)

Chapter 1: Understanding Our Environment

GE Exercise: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Overview: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, p. 26

Sustainable development was an idea promoted at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, a global meeting to discuss ways to support both environmental sustainability and development for the world's poor people. The ideas developed in Rio have been very influential but often hard to achieve. Currently Rio, like other large cities in developing countries, faces enormous challenges to its sustainable development.

1
Which of the following factors make it difficult to provide services like sanitation and clean water to a rapidly growing city like Rio? 
A)Rapidly growing cities of the developing world often add buildings and streets faster than the city can keep up with.
B)Developing countries often have poor tax-collection systems and large, informal economies, so the cities have little money to provide services. 
C)When wealth is unequally distributed, poor parts of town often lag behind wealthy parts of town in terms of getting basic services and infrastructure. 
D)All of these choices are correct. 
E)None of these choices are correct.
2
How safe is it to live in Rio de Janeiro? (hint: Try a Google search.)
A)It is amazingly safe for a city of this size.
B)Like any city, there are both dangerous and safe areas.
C)Street crime and warfare between street gangs is common. Some parts of the city are completely unsafe on weekends and at night.
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