Curitiba

Question 1

Location + population & facts

Answer 1

south east coast of Brazil with a 1.8 million population -> 99% happy with the city

Question 2

What does Curitiba offer to its residents

Answer 2

• a good quality of life
• peaceful
• retention

Question 3

Roads/busses

Answer 3

• Integrated system (BRT)
• carries more people he a subway, up to 200x cheaper
• start = 22,000 passengers, now = 2 million
• self subsidised
• only takes 2 years to build
• peak hour busses every 60 seconds -> in centre, no longer than 400m away
  -80% of commuters use it
• average bus speed is 19mph on express compared to 12pm on other routes

Question 4

Parks

Answer 4

• interconnected
• can build in 2 months
• brownfield sites = increased property prices
• expensive -> 100m cement= same price as a school
• 1.4 million square metres -> all biologically sound
• 4x recommended green space per person
• maintenance = cheap to use: sheep and inner city Shepard

Question 5

Slums

Answer 5

-still are slums -> illegally built
- collection of rubbish -> for every 5kg of waste collected/recycled = given 1kg of fruit/veg (Green exchange)
- got rid of some slums and build new communities -> got 3 architects, the slum dwellers make up the labour force
- each house is designed to each residents needs
- low interest loans to be able to afford it

Question 6

3 main issues with future societies

Answer 6

• mobility (getting people around the city)
• sustainability
• identity

Question 7

Negatives (more recent)

Answer 7

• between 2008 and 2024 BRT lost 14 million uses
• car ownerships is 0.63 cars per resident compared to a nation average of 0.27 cars per resident (3x more)
• BRT stops at city limits rather than the suburbs
• gov spend more on landscaping than housing (10-15% living in sub standard housing)