Sustainable Cities - Case Study (Urban)

Case Study - Sustainable Cities (Urban Environments) - Curitiba in Southern Brazil

Key Facts

• Curitiba has a population of 1.8M
• The aim of its city planners is to 1) improve the environment; 2) reduce pollution and waste and 3) improve the residents' quality of life.
• It has a budget of $600M every year to spend on sustainability

Curitiba has introduced a number of measures to ensure sustainability:

Reducing car use

• There is a good bus system used by 1.4 million people every day
• The same cheap fare is paid for all journeys which benefits the poorer residents who tend to leave on the outskirts.
• There are over 200 km of bike paths. 
• The bus and bike systems…