São Paulo CASE STUDY

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Introduction

So Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest

city in the southern hemisphere and South

America, and the world's seventh largest

city by population.

The metropolishas significant cultural, economic

and political influence both nationally and

internationally.


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Geographical Location

So Paulo is located in Southeastern Brazil, in

southeastern So Paulo State, The city is

located on a plateau, itself a component of

the vast region known as the BrazilianHighlands, with an average elevation of

around 800 meters above sea level, although

being at a distance of only about 70kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean.


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Geographical location ofSo Paulo


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Population GrowthThe population of Sao Paulo is 11,037,593. The Sao

Paulo metropolitan area has a population

of 19,889,559.

The population growth has resulted from the massive

influx of immigrants, initially from Europe, after1850,and more recently, since the 19th century there

is a migration of people from Northeastern Brazil and

other rural areas into So Paulo. However, this

internal migration grew enormously in the 1930s andremained huge in the next decades. Another reason

of the population growth in Brazil is the high birth

rate.


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However, the population growth rate in Sao

Paulo has fallen considerably in the recent

decades due to a combination of:Reduced rural to urban migration

A lower rate of natural increase


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There are a major increase of population duemigration:

Push factors causes migrants to come to Sao Paulo

to seek for jobs.Pull factors because they seek for a better lifestyle.

As the migrants are entering Sao Paulo over theyears the population has grown rapidly past 17million causing a high population density

Birth rates have grown due to the migrants.


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Economy

So Paulo is the 10th richest city in the world,and isexpected to be the 6th richest in 2025. Its grossdomestic product (GDP) in 2006 was R$

282,852,338,000, equivalent to approximately12.26% of the Brazilian GDP and 36% of allproduction of goods and services of the State ofSo Paulo. Once a city with a strong industrial

character, So Paulo's economy has becomeincreasingly based on the tertiary sector, focusingon services and businesses for the country.


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Industry

Industrial development, beginning in the late 19th century hastransformed So Paulo into the foremost industrial centrein Latin America.

Its leading industries produce textiles, mechanical and

electrical appliances, furniture, foodstuffs, andchemical and pharmaceutical products. Heavy metallurgicalplant, oil refineries, chemical plants, plants manufacturingmotor vehicles, transportation equipment, and farmmachinery are all located nearby.

Computer industries and the manufacturing of electricalappliances are on the rise, as are automobile components.The several thousand manufacturing establishments in SoPaulo provide employment for more than one-tenth of thepopulation.


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Subdivisions

The city of So Paulo in Brazil is a largemetropolitan city that has several levels of

subdivision. Administratively, the municipality

is divided into 31 subprefectures, each in turndivided into 96 districts. Locally, districts may

contain one or more neighborhoods (bairros).


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Subdivisions of the city of So Paulo.


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Urbanization

The rapid growth of the city of Sao Paulo has beenaccompanied by increased social and economicsegregation, with the riches living in expensive

housing located near to the CBD. While the poorliving mainly in hazardous and unhealthy areas ofthe city, in shanty settlements (favelas) and slums(cortios) at the outskirts of the metropolis, these

people have no legal right to the land theyoccupy. Favelas are overcrowded and have a highhousing density.


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Favelas

Expensive housingFormation of favelas


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Housing improvements in Sao Paulo

1) Low-cost improvements:Existing homes may be improved by rebuilding

the houses with cheap and easy-to-use

breeze-blocks. Water supply, electricity andmains sewerage are added, and the cost of

the rent of this type of housing is low.


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2) Self-help schemes

People are encouraged to help build their ownhomes. The local authority provide all the

materials such as roofing tiles and breeze-blocks. Then it also provides electricity, a cleanwater supply, tarred roads and a communitycentre. Self-help schemes create a communityspirit and more houses can be provided as thepeople are building their own homes.


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Bibliography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_S%C3%A3o_

Paulo

http://www.geocases2.co.uk/printable/Housing%20in

%20Sao%20Paulo.htmhttp://ledc-settlement-saopaulo.blogspot.com/

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics

/urbanproblsledcs.htmlTHE NEW WIDER WORLDDAVID WAUGH

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