Curitiba, Brazil- Sustainable city case study

Curitiba, Brazil-

Sustainable City Case Study

Facts:

Located in southern Brazil

Population of 1.8 million

Aims for the city:

Control urban sprawl

Reduce traffic in the CBD

Develop public transport

Preserve historic buildings

Ensure a high quality of life for residents

Improve the environment

Social factors

The ‘green exchange project’ poor families in

squatter settlements can go to neighbourhood centres once a week and exchange

their trash for bus tickets or food

‘Citizen Streets’ are in each district, and are

large yellow tubes which contain information about identity cards, employment,

housing issues, welfare and subsidized shops

Average income is now 66% higher than Brazilian

average

Money from industry goes to fund hospitals,

schools and daycare centres

Economic factors

The average person only pays 10% of their income

on public transport

The public housing programme created 50,000

homes either built new or from refurbished derelict houses- it made sure that

everyone got an affordable home which was safe

There has been a concentration on non-polluting

and high tech industry which has helped to achieve economic growth

Environmental factors

Bus Rapid System saves 7 million gallons of fuel

per year, as people are encouraged to use public transport

‘Green exchange project’ the people in squatter

settlements can’t be accessed by trash trucks, so encouraging people to take

their trash to neighbourhood centres reduced trash build up in rivers etc

Curitiba recycles 2/3 of household waste- paper

recycling saves 1200 trees per day

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