Curitiba- Sustainable city
- Created by: eve_hooper
- Created on: 04-04-17 09:05
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- Curitiba
- Curitiba is a city in southern Brazil
- Population of 1.8 million
- Has a budget of $600 million a year
- Is a sustainable city
- Have it been successful?
- Reduced car use so there is less pollution and less use of fossil fuels, the environment will be less damaged for the future
- Conserving and creating green spaces means it will still be there in the future
- Fewer resources used and less waste goes to landfill. More resources in the future
- 99% of residents are happy in their town- nice place to live
- Strategies
- The Green Exchange
- People in low income areas are encouraed to get rubbish to theg trucks that can't get through small lanes
- People get food or bus tickets for their help
- Transport: The Bus System
- Many different busses and routes.
- 500 times cheaper than an underground system
- Prepaid fares so they are quicker
- Majority of cummuters take the bus
- Urban Planning, pedestrianisation and parks
- Pedestrianised busy shopping streets
- Large green spaces and parks. 1.5 million trees planted along the streets
- Children brought to paint in the streets so cars and busses wouldn't drive there- now a tradition
- Now 52m^2 of land per person instead of 0.5m^2
- Builders are given tax breaks if their building projects include green spaces
- The Green Exchange
- Curitiba is a city in southern Brazil
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