Curitiba, Brazil: Managing rapid urban growth in a sustainable way. Flashcards
Quick facts:
- Population of around 2 million people
- In a recent survey 99% of residents said they were happy with the city.
Typical problems brought by rapid urban growth for Curitiba.
- Mass unemployment
- Transport congestion
- Lack of basic services
- Uncontrolled growth of squater settlements
Transport within Curitiba:
- Streets were widened to reduce traffic congestion
- Complex de la alemeo, cable car
- Speedy bus system in Curitiba, is notsubsidised
- Model of their bus system has been replicated 150 times worldwide.
- Cheap for residents, buses come every 60 seconds in rush hour and are always full
Bus lanes are seperate to car lanes.
As a result Curitiba has one of the lowest rates of pollution.
Parks and Open space in Curitiba:
- 28 parks and wooded areas, designed to be interconnected.
- Some parks are designed to absorb flood water naturally, which decreases the risk of flooding and saved money of hard engineering projects which can be invested elsewhere.
- 4x greenspace recommended for a city
Housing and social projects in Curitiba:
City helps residents in the slums as they have to cope with regular floods.
- Site and service schemes, where the government offer low interest loans on the land and free house design, residents are trained to build houses with all the necesities.
COHAB scheme is providing 50,000 homes for the urban poor.
Waste in Curitiba:
Garbage is seperated into organic and non-organic waste which is collected in 2 different trucks
‘Green exchange’ - people in slums collected waste in return for fruit and veg
(5kg waste for 1kg of fruit and veg)
Bottom up approach and benefits, the city, council and resdients of the slums
Curitiba’s economy:
Principally based on manufacturing
Developed an industrial city, to upgrade economic profile and provide jobs.
Industrial city is home to many TNCs e.g Nissan and Volkswagen
By 2000, 50,00 direct jobs had been created and 150,000 indirect jobs
