Sustainable Living: Curitiba Brazil

Question 1

The city info

Answer 1

-3 million people
-98% are happy with their city
-in the south of Brazil
-Population 10x in 1970
-Jaime Lerner became mayor in the 1970s

Question 2

Transport improvements

Answer 2

-made a special road system
-2/3 of the people use buses and so he improved it
-transport system is not subsidised
-triple articulate buses, special boarding tube
-buses arrive every min

Question 3

Built things

Answer 3

-he built the first pedestrian mall that was 15 city locks large
-interconnected parks
-parks built on flooded land, already fertile soil n that
-flood plain zoning-soft engineering