Curitiba sustainable

Question 0

What is the pop. Of the country Curitiba is in

Answer 0

2+ million

Question 1

What country is Curitiba in

Answer 1

Brazil

Question 2

What is there little evidence of in the city

Answer 2

Squatters, traffic congestion and environmental damage

Question 3

What should the schemes be in order to create sustainability

Answer 3

Cheap, small and participatory

Question 4

2/3 of the city now do what?

Answer 4

Refuse recycle

Question 5

The cost of recycling is no greater than what?

Answer 5

Landfills

Question 6

What does refuse recycling create

Answer 6

Employment

Question 7

Refuse and recycling are picked up by what?

Answer 7

Separate crews

Question 8

How was persistent flooding solved in the city?

Answer 8

By building parks of river banks and preventing squatters

Question 9

How are the busses organised?

Answer 9

Dedicated bus lanes

Colour codes

Question 10

What is the bus system as efficient as, and how much cheaper is it than this system?

Answer 10

Subway- 500 X cheaper

Question 11

How are the buses paid for?

Answer 11

Pre payed for efficiency

Question 12

How much do low income earners spend on buses

Answer 12

10%

Question 13

How do most commuters travel?

Answer 13

Buses

Question 14

What are travel times cut by?

Answer 14

1/3

Question 15

What is the green exchange?

Answer 15

A scheme set up to help low income earners in favelas

Question 16

How are the poor rewarded in the green exchange for sorting refuse?

Answer 16

With food & bus tickets, as collectors can’t fit in favelas- INCENTIVES

Question 17

What effect died rewarding the poor for recycling have?

Answer 17

Local authorities don’t have to widen roads, surplus food is not wasted, population are encouraged to use buses.