Almost 19 million urban Brazilians live with no access to drinking water of sewage
Almost 19 million Brazilians live in precarious housing with no running water, sewage or any basic public services, according to a report on urban infrastructure by the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE.
The lack of proper channelling and disposal for sewage is one of the main shortfalls, with all the sanitary problems it represents, and is extended not only to the bottom 10% of the population but also to many middle and low class neighbourhoods
The IBGE report is based on data from the 2010 census but only covers urban areas and those that are considered “with a regulated display” which means thousands of favelas (slums) extended all over the country with millions of Brazilians, have been excluded. IBGE also admits that in the favelas the living conditions are even worse.
The deficiencies are really alarming points out IBGE since in cities such as Belen the capital of the state of Para, less than half of the surveyed homes have access to sewage.
Another issue which emerged in the report was the scarce paved and surfaced roads in urban areas. This means that 20% of housing only has access to dirt or stone roads with complete absence of asphalt.
The only public service which received top marks was electricity and street illumination, present in 96.3% of urban neighbourhoods.
Another serious albeit curious deficiency recorded by the paper is the lack of green open spaces in urban areas, which is surprising since Brazil is a tropical country with exuberant forests. But one third of houses surveyed don’t even have a tree in the surrounding area.
An outstanding case in Manaos, capital of the state of Manaos and in the middle of the rain-forest belt in which only 25.1% of homes don’t have a tree in their plot or in the surroundings, concluded IBGE.
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TBH 5 is more than enough on the security council there is a strong argument to get rid of France, and replace them with Brazil, I'm open minded on that, what do others think?
My country has a long way to go, but is making progress. I am proud. Poverty is still high, but improved so much while in other countries got worse.
“drinking water of sewage” no thanks id rather have Argenswine wine, but only just.”
Why you hate Argentina? Argentine wine is good, also Chilean, and we in Brasil also have wine, good wine. long way to go to become popular with wine.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNtFCygTfbA&feature=plcp
“Brasil [sic] should never join the UN. It is worthless.”
Sorry to disappoint you, imbecile, but Brazil is already a member of the UN. So I guess that settles it: the UN isn't as worthless as your brain *rolls eyes*
he says “” should “” not “” isn't“”
don't say over the word in your 2nd paragraph 5th word tells what you are.
Back to spewing gibberish again are you? His statement clearly implied that Brazil is not a member of the UN .. but perhaps that is a subtlety of language that is beyond your self-evident limitations in both intellect and linguistic skills.
If he was wanting to assert that Brazil should not have joined the UN, then that is what he should have said. Why so keen to defend his glaring ignorance? Is it because Sullivan is yet another of your many banal alter egos and that it embarrasses you as much as it embarrasses us to read your streams of incomprehensible drivel? You really are an imbecile.
Both you and I (and the rest of the readers) fully understood that he meant the UN security council. It is there, between the lines...
The important thing now is that the world is controlled by those nations with the most destructive and most numerous weapons. There are a number of countries that are on continents that do not fulfill this crieria. Therefore, Africa is “controlled”. So is South America. And Oceania. The world's “controllers” are in North America, Asia, Europe and, notably, the British Isles. The “controlled” need to amend their attitudes to reflect this reality. Otherwise the “controlled” may swiftly become the “dead”. Fortunately, the new reality foreshadows a new economic future. The “controlled” can easily become the world's new “slaves”. Africans, South Americans and Oceanics are particularly suitable for this economic “class” as, historically, they are accustomed to it. They may offer some initial resistance, but even a limited amount of research shows that that resistance is futile. For demographic reasons, the first area to be subjugated should be South America. They have quantities of semi-modern military equipment, but are disjointed and incompetent. The objective should be to obtain the maximum number of “indentured contract workers” (slaves). Once this has been done in SA, the ICWs can be used to subjugate other regions because they are prone to “herd” behaviour and are easily “re-educated”.
The stupid plank neither meant that nor wrote that, because like all of Max's personalities he is thicker than frozen pig shit on a stick in deepest Arctic winter.
“The world's “controllers” are in North America, Asia, Europe and, notably, the British Isles. ”
Lolz..Conquerer aka typhoon buffoon, seriously, stop playing video games. Europe can't even control itself.
“IBGE also admits that in the favelas the living conditions are even worse” AND these have been excluded.
“cities such as Belen the capital of the state of Para, less than half of the surveyed homes have access to sewage.” So for the dummies that is MORE than 50% have NO ACCESS to sewage.
SO. Just how many people in Brasil have no access to sewage, 50M, a 100M, does anyone know because these pillocks certainly do not AND “Sullivan” is proud they have achieved so much.
If I was not an atheist I would say 'God help them' because the government certainly is not by the look of these damnable figures.
Thanks, but this is an English-language forum and in English it is 'Brazil' .. you wouldn't expect me to write Storbritannia whenever I was discussing Great Britain would you? ;)
You are quite right to be proud of Brazil, you guys are doing great!
Don't listen to the titwits on these threads, they just see their good days ending, and it's understandable they are quite sour about it...
You better get back to your daily rejection at Istedgade...
@12 the capital of Pará is Belém (literally “Bethlehem” pronounced “bel-eng”) my partner's home town which I'm going to later this year - never been to SA.
”you wouldn't expect me to write Storbritannia whenever I was discussing Great Britain would you? ;)” It's entirely up to you.
However I live in Uruguay which I am confident you know has Brasil as a neighbour. :o)
I do not like UN as much as you.
Max is just about as intelligent as you in that comment, go along you two, go along and create your alternative reality...
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