Curitiba- Sustainable City Flashcards
Where?
South Brazil
State of Parana
What are the aims?
control urban sprawl
reduce traffic in centre
develop public transport
preserve historic sector
Population?
1.8 million
when did the urban master plan begin?
1968
Key feature of transport?
Bus Rapid Transport System
What does the BRT do?
direct line buses
speedy buses
inter-district buses (join up districts without crossing city centre)
feeder mini-buses (pick up people from residential areas)
Facts about BRT?
2 million passengers a day 80% of travellers use it first city in brazil none lives further than 400m from a stop cheaper to run then a tube system about 27 million less car journeys per year
How are they decreasing waste from shanty towns?
exchange waste for free bus passes or food
children can exchange waste for school utensils
many recycling plants (exchange for food etc) “green exchange”
90% of population recycle 2/3 of daily waste
Open spaces?
28 parks cover 20 million square km
builders get tax breaks if projects include open space
51.5 square meters per inhabitant
environmental legislation to prevent forest being chopped
Why have they preserved historic sites?
revitalise neiboroughoods
tourism
made into pedestrian friendly
Housing?
energy efficient
affordable
Poorest citizens?
Slum Relocation Plan
“Novo Barrio” - government bought large bit of land and citizens built themselves 50,000 houses (each family given a pair of trees)
Community?
Carnival
IMAX cinema
Palladium Shopping Centre (biggest in south Brazil)
range of culture food
Employment?
Built industrial zone on outskirts of city that attracted businesses (aldi etc) employs homeless and recovering alcoholics into garbage separation plant open university (small fee) Entreprenurial Sheds (help lower income workers develop own business after learning skills)
how many km o bike paths?
over 200km
