Case Study- Curitiba

Urban Sustainability- 

Housing

• Built 50,000 homes for the urban poor- which stopped favelas building

Recycling

• 'The Green Exchange'
• People exchange waste for food, vouchers, bust tickets e.t.c. for poor communities
• Means 70% of waste is recycled- much higher than the average percentage for a city

Bi- articulated buses

• Can hold 2x as many people - halving the amount of carbon emmisions produced by…