Copenhagen & Curitiba - Sustainable Cities

Question 1

Where is Copenhagen located?

Answer 1

Denmark

Question 2

What is the most common form of transport in Copenhagen?

Answer 2

Bikes

Question 3

How many journeys are encouraged to be by bike, foot and public transport??

Answer 3

75%

Question 4

How many households are energy-efficient? CPH

Answer 4

99%

Question 5

How many wind turbines were added? CPH

Answer 5

100

Question 6

What is CPH regarded as??

Answer 6

Being one of the most sustainable cities in the world

Question 7

What is CPH aiming to be?

Answer 7

The first carbon-neutral city by 2025

Question 8

How was cycling encouraged to be the most common mode of transport?

Answer 8

249 cycle lanes

Question 9

How much money was the Bicycle State Bridge?

Answer 9

$6 million

Question 10

What is the green wave?

Answer 10

A system of lights designed to encourage cyclists to travel at the same speed to have uninterrupted journeys on the way to the city.

Question 11

Out of 5, how many people have access to a bike?

Answer 11

4/5

Question 12

What is the percentage of employees that work than 40 hrs a week?

Answer 12

2%

Question 13

Where is the economic and financial centre of Denmark?

Answer 13

Copenhagen

Question 14

How has CPH held onto their independent businesses?

Answer 14

Reasonable rents

Question 15

When did the Amager resource centre open?

Answer 15

2019

Question 16

What is the Amager resource centre?

Answer 16

A waste incinerator with a dry ski slope and other activities

Question 17

What did the harbour transform into in CPH?

Answer 17

From a industrial zone into a cultural and residential hub

Question 18

What did the Garbage not garbage scheme promote? Curitiba

Answer 18

Recycling through separate collection of different waste companies

Question 19

What did the ‘garbage purchase’ programme encourage? Curitiba

Answer 19

Residents in the favelas to sell their rubbish back in exchange for food and bus tickets

Question 20

What did the garbage purchase programme help? Curitiba

Answer 20

Helped clean populated areas that rubbish vans cannot reach

Question 21

What were buses like in Curitiba?

Answer 21

Platform level loading and payment at station entrance.

Question 22

What is a problem with the bus network in Curitiba?

Answer 22

Time-consuming

Question 23

What was the network like in Curitiba for buses?

Answer 23

Bus lanes so hardly any congestion

Question 24

What is Denmark as a country regarded as in terms of urban governance?

Answer 24

Highest taxation levels in the world but provides generous state welfare

Question 25

What was Copenhagen in 2014?

Answer 25

European Green Capital

Question 26

How many miles away from São Paulo is Curitiba?

Answer 26

220 miles SW

Question 27

As a percentage, how much is public transport is used by commuters on weekdays? Curitiba

Answer 27

75%

Question 28

How much has congestion reduced with increase in use of public transport? Curitiba

Answer 28

25%

Question 29

What does Curitiba have that increases passengers numbers?

Answer 29

Bi-articulated buses

Question 30

How is greater efficiency achieved with the buses?

Answer 30

Tube shaped bus stops and one way system

Question 31

What does the bus system reduce by 18% ?

Answer 31

Operating costs

Question 32

How does the government operate the system?

Answer 32

Partnerships with private companies

Question 33

What has also increased to do with the environment in Curitiba?

Answer 33

Green spaces - 1.5 million trees

Question 34

What has also been done to reduce Curitiba from flooding?

Answer 34

Parks are located alongside rivers which can infiltrate rain

Question 35

How many kilometres of bicycle paths does Curitiba have?

Answer 35

100km - longest in Brazil

Question 36

When did Brazil become a newly industrialised country?

Answer 36

1970

Question 37

How did Brazil becoming a NIC benefit Curitiba?

Answer 37

Upgraded city's economic profile as they built a industrial city nearby

Question 38

How was recycling in Curitiba encouraged?

Answer 38

Green Swap Programme

Question 39

What was the Green Swap Programme?

Answer 39

Citizens asked to sort rubbish into organic and inorganic and then sorted at the plants

Question 40

Who did the recycling plants employ?

Answer 40

Homeless which gave them a chance to improve their lives

Question 41

How did the collection points near the favelas benefit the people living in them? Curitiba

Answer 41

In exchange for the rubbish, they got basic food bags of rice, beans etc

Question 42

How did the recycling programme improve the city? Curitiba

Answer 42

Improving public health and creating jobs

Question 43

How many of households as a % took part in the Green Swap programme?

Answer 43

70%

Question 44

What is a definition of sustainability?

Answer 44

The principle of meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs too

Question 45

What is a sustainable city?

Answer 45

A city which provides employment, high standard of living, a clean, healthy environment and fair governance for all residents

Question 46

What are 2 examples of chronic stresses?

Answer 46

Inefficient public transportation systems High unemployment

Question 47

What is the Green Kayak initiative in CPH?

Answer 47

People can hire a kayak for 2 hours in exchange for a bucket of waste that they find on the waterways.

Question 48

What are 2 environmental things CPH are doing?

Answer 48

Eco-friendly hotels All diesel powered buses will be phased out

Question 49

What is the new transport coming to CPH in 2025?

Answer 49

Greater Copenhagen Light Rail

Question 50

What is The CPH light rail?

Answer 50

Rail that will run every 5 mins across 28km of north, west and south of CPH

Question 51

What did Curitiba's mayor prioritise more?

Answer 51

People than cars

Question 52

Why are the buses different colours? Curitiba

Answer 52

Coloured to their function e.g express buses

Question 53

What is the CIC? Curitiba

Answer 53

Industrial city near to the city

Question 54

What is the CIC home to?

Answer 54

Many TNC's such as Volvo

Question 55

What does having many TNCs lead to? Curitiba

Answer 55

High level of diversification

Question 56

What are 'Lighthouses of Knowledge' in Curitiba?

Answer 56

Free educational and internet centres

Question 57

What do the lighthouses improve for people?

Answer 57

Quality of life and education