Curitiba- [sustainable urban living]

Question 1

Curitiba:
Background Information

Answer 1

-Curitiba is capital of Parana State, south east Brazil.
-Population of approximately 2 million.

Question 2

Curitiba:
What problems has it faced as a result of urban growth?

Answer 2

-Mass Unemployment
-Transport Congestion
-Lack of basic services
-Uncontrolled Growth of Squatter Settlements.

Question 3

Curitiba:
What transport schemes/ improvements has it implemented?

Answer 3

• 5 arterial roads in and out city (have a central bus lane and used as growth corridor of urban and economic growth)
  -Triple articulated buses (boost to 4000 per day)
  -Coloured buses for functions.
  -Bus companies paid per km not passenger so cover less popular routes.

Question 4

Curitiba:
What open spaces has it employed?

Answer 4

• 28 interconnected parks and wooded areas
  -Owners of skyscraper allowed to add extra stories if they added green spaces.

Question 5

Curitiba:
What housing and social schemes did it employ?

Answer 5

-Used Site & Service Schemes and trained people to build houses (slum-dwellers);
-COHAB (public housing scheme) provided 50,000 homes.

Question 6

Curitiba:
What are some waste schemes?

Answer 6

-Green Exchange where slums dwellers could trade rubbish for fruit and veg.
-Curitiba recycle 2/3 of waste generating jobs e.g the library of recycled books.

Question 7

Curitiba:
What is Curitiba an example of?

Answer 7

Sustainable Urban Living