Curitiba – a sustainable city?
\nLocation of Curitiba
\nCuritiba is in South-east Brazil
\nPicture
\nExcellent documentary on Curitiba<\/p>\n
Basic facts
\nCuritiba 1940
\n– The city was experiencing rapid growth and had a thriving agricultural sector
\nand attracted migrants from Japan, Syria and Lebanon. This led to increasing
\ndemand for:
\n \u00b7 Housing
\n\u00b7 Services
\n\u00b7 Transportation
\nThe city planners developed new sewers and road systems
\nUnchecked growth 1960s – The residents feared problems such as Urban Sprawl, fewer open\/green spaces and lost character
\n\u00b7 Limited urban sprawl
\n\u00b7 protecting all existing green spaces
\n\u00b7 preserve public buildings
\n\u00b7 new fast direct transport links in and out of the city
\n\u00b7 affordable public transport<\/p>\n
The master plan 1970s:
\n\u00b7 First pedestrian only street
\n\u00b7 Triany road system<\/p>\n
The Green Era 1980s:
\n\u00b7 Green areas protected from development
\n\u00b7 City wide recycling program
\n\u00b7 Public transport system expanded – colour-coded bus lanes to highlight the different bus routes<\/p>\n
International Recognition 1990s:
\n\u00b7 more green spaces
\n\u00b7 protecting more cultural sites
\n\u00b7 high speed bus routes and bus stops
\n\u00b7 botanical garden and opera house built on the site of a disused quarry
\n\u00b7 New industries such as Audi and Renault<\/p>\n
Millennium:
\nTourism very important to the city’s economy
\n\u00b7 sight-seeing bus service
\n\u00b7 new skills training for poorly paid residents
\n\u00b7 built a new technology park
\n\u00b7 investing heavily in alternative fuel technologies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"