Sustainable cities- Curitiba Flashcards

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1
Q

Brazilian city leads the way

A

Curitiba

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Population

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3 million- 90% say they’re happy living there

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What did Jamie Lerner the leader do

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Paved the main streets and made them pedestrian walk ways only

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4
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Public transport

____ arrive every ____seconds. There are multiple _____ on the bus. It can carry up to _____ passengers

A

Buses
60
entrances
270

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Transport pricing

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  • 200x less expensive than subways

* cost nothing to the gov. 2 million people use it every day

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Parks

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  • creating parks increased surrounding land prices
  • 4x Greenland for inhabitants
  • 1.4 million square miles of parks
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Slums

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  • inhabitants clean the slums in return for food from the government
  • illegally built housing
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