When urban planning works - Curitiba, Brazil (Case Study)

Re-developing the Dharavi Slum:

Advantages:

• Residents will be given sewer systems and clean running water
• Dharavi is in the cntre of Mumbai so is worth a lot of money to developers

Disadvantages:

• Only people living in Dharavi since 1995 will be elegible for a new home
• Development will destroy communities that have formed in the slum
• Families will be forced to live in small flats/apartments

Curitiba sustainable sytem:

Positives:

• Good reputation
• fast transport - every 52 seconds
• Not as many people using cars
• Reduces congestion
• Integrated transport systems
• Serves 1.3 million passengers
• Urban biodiversity
• Ecological corridors reduce pollution

Negatives:

• Cannot accommodate increasing population
• Increasing fare prices
• Bike paths underused
• Becomes cramped - increasing population
• Not reaching poor areas

BRT - Bus Rapid Transport:

• 1100 buses make 12,500 trips per day serving 1.3 million passengers
• 5 main…