HUMAN Curitiba quiz 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyUrban environmentsGCSEAQA Created by: emilyemCreated on: 08-05-14 20:34 Where is Curitiba? brazil 1 of 22 What type of city is Curitiba? sustainable 2 of 22 When did the recyclers and garbage collectors start? 1980s 3 of 22 What are the recycling operations at the plant? paper recycled to paper, plastic remoulded, can is recycled to can 4 of 22 How has a library been set up? second hand books donated 5 of 22 How has a museum been set up? valuable things collected from rubbish and put on display 6 of 22 What is the governer of Curitiba's name? Jaime Lerner 7 of 22 What did Jaime Lerner want to do? pedestrianise streets 8 of 22 How is the flood problem solved by solution of the parks? river banks and flood plains are turned into parks with lakes 9 of 22 How have squatter settlements been stopped by solution of the parks? land is already used so no space 10 of 22 How do buses carry more people? bi-articulated- 4000 11 of 22 What is red in the colour-coded system? express- few stops, quick 12 of 22 What is orange in the colour-coded system? outline - express 13 of 22 What is green in the colour-coded system? suburbs - express 14 of 22 What is grey in the colour-coded system? suburbs - centre 15 of 22 Why is the tubular bus stop quick and effective? pay fares in advance, double passengers, board quickly 16 of 22 How much does the tubular bus stop cut travel times by? 1/3 17 of 22 When was the green exchange started? 1990 18 of 22 What is the green exchange? people separate and collect their rubbish in exchange for green belt products 19 of 22 What are examples of green belt products? food and bus tickets 20 of 22 Who does the green exchange help? low income people 21 of 22 How tonnes of rubbish is collected each month from the green exchange? 300 tonnes 22 of 22
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