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Mind Map by laurenrbutler, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by laurenrbutler
about 9 years ago
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Curitiba, Brazil
- Facts
- located in
southern Brazil
- population of
1.8million
- located in
southern Brazil
- 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
- control
urban sprawl
- Social factors
- 'The green exchange project'
- poor families in squatter settlements can go to
the neigbourhood centres once a week and
exchange their rubbish for food or/and bus tickets
- poor families in squatter settlements can go to
the neigbourhood centres once a week and
exchange their rubbish for food or/and bus tickets
- Average income is now 66% higher than the
brazialian average
- Money from industry goes to fund
hospitals, schools and daycare centres
- 'Citizen streets'
- are in each district
- are large yellow tubes which contain information
about enployment, welfare, housing issues etc
- are in each district
- 'The green exchange project'
- Economic factors
- The average person only pays 10%
of their income on public transport
- The public housing system created 50,000 homes
either built new or refurbished
- this is ensured that everybody got
an affordable house which was safe
- this is ensured that everybody got
an affordable house which was safe
- Concentration on non-polluting and high
tech industry which has helped to achieve
economic growth
- The average person only pays 10%
of their income on public transport
- Environmental factors
- Bus rapid system
- saves 7 million gallons of fuel per year, as people are
encouraged to use public transport
- saves 7 million gallons of fuel per year, as people are
encouraged to use public transport
- Green exchange project
- the people who live in the squatter settlements cannot be
accessed by rubbish trucks, so the people are encouraged
to take their trash to the neigbourhood centres
- this reduces rubbish build up in rivers and pathways etc
- this reduces rubbish build up in rivers and pathways etc
- the people who live in the squatter settlements cannot be
accessed by rubbish trucks, so the people are encouraged
to take their trash to the neigbourhood centres
- Curitiba recycles 2/3 of household water
- paper recycling saves 1200 trees per day
- paper recycling saves 1200 trees per day
- Bus rapid system
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