Nearly 70% of Chinaâs electricity comes from coal. In total, coal produces around 40% of the worldâs electricity. Coal mining and the subsequent burning of coal can have many bad effects on both humans and the environment.
Favelas. Posted May 18, 2007 by Road Junky. A favela is a slum, an illegal settlement built on squatted lands. A favela is a slum, an illegal settlement built on squatted lands. Brazil has one of the worst distributions of wealth in the world and the poor have got to live somewhere. The favela dwellers build their houses out of wood and garbage, then later when they have the money, they upgrade to a home made concrete home.
This favela started out as public housing built on marshy flatlands in the city's western suburbs. The lights of Vidigal favela in Rio de Janeiro as seen from Ipanema and Leblon beaches. The cone spire to the far right is part of the famous Dois Irmaos. irmÃ£osven before the first favela came into being, poor citizens were pushed away from the city and forced to live in the far suburbs. However, most modern favelas appeared in the 1970s due to rural exodus, when many people left rural areas of Brazil and moved to cities.