You can find an overview of urbanisation here http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/urbanisation.html
and information about urban growth in LEDCs http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/urbanrural/urbanpatternsledcrev1.shtml
There is also a short movie here shows you some of the conditions in the favelas (shanty towns). http://blip.tv/file/get/Adtastic2001-ShantyTownsBrazil322.flv?source
Follow this with urban problems in Sao Paulo (Brazil) http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/urbanproblsledcs.html
and actions taken to improve the living conditions in Rio. 3 http://www.globaleye.org.uk/secondary_summer2002/eyeon/improve.html
We also looked at Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya in class. Click here http://millfield.digitalbrain.com/millfield/accounts/staff/geography/web/Bitesize%20human%20edits/?status=1&verb=list and scroll down to find the Nairobi BBC Bitesize clip then look here http://www.kibera.org.uk/Facts.html for the problems assoiated with living in a shanty town like Kibera.
