Curitiba
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- Sustainable City Case Study-Curitiba
- Sustainable City Criteria
- Economy -industry + jobs should be safe and city should have a range of different industries
- Environment-should be kept clean and waste recycled, reduced or reused
- Social-people should feel involved in decision making
- Sustainable City Characteristics
- Conserving the natural and historic environment
- Old buildings must be kept and looked after architecturally-important and if knocked down won't be available for the future
- Historic buildings can be restored or the function changed
- Existing parks shouldn't be built on and new building should take place on Brownfield sites to conserve Greenfield
- Reducing and safely disposing of waste
- 73% of UK household waste goes to landfill-the government target is 40% recycled
- Amount of household waste needs to be reduced-by 2000 the UK produced 330m tonnes a year
- Providing open spaces
- Needed for recreation-can be parks, playing fields, people's gardens etc.
- Having rules to restrict building on Greenfield sites helps this, eg. green belts around towns that can't be built on
- Involving local people
- They should be consulted during the planning process, eg. through surveys and meetings in local halls
- If people feel involved and in control, they're more likely to care for buildings and the environment of the area
- They should be consulted during the planning process, eg. through surveys and meetings in local halls
- Efficient public transport
- Buses, trains and trams use less fuel and give out less pollution eg. some London uses are powered by hydrogen and only give out water vapour
- Good public transport means fewer cars, so pollution is reduced. Bus lanes mean quicker journeys-encourages more passengers
- Conserving the natural and historic environment
- Social
- 'Lighthouses of Knowledge' provide access to books and the internet
- Local people are involved in improving the streets
- The Road of Flowers is tended to by street children and one area has turned into a 24 hour street, where no cafes, bars, newsagents or chemists ever close
- There are now 40 centres for feeding and training street children
- Rapid bus system put in place
- Tube shaped bus stops allow greater efficiency through faster loading and unloading
- The buses are afforable-passenegers only need one ticket regardless of the length of the journey
- Economic
- Builders are given tax breaks if their projects include green spaces
- Costs of the bus system allow it to be easily accessible yet profitable due to the high demand
- Street children are trained so they can earn more
- By 2000 over 550 factories provided 50,000 direct jobs and 150,000 indirect jobs
- Sustainable City Criteria
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