Curitiba
- Created by: Hayley Petts
- Created on: 09-01-13 17:46
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- Curitiba - ideal ecocity
- Society
- population 3 million
- 99% happy with city
- slum dwellers clear waste in return for fruit + veg from gov
- more slum inhabitant new housing
- affordable
- infrastructure running water
- environment
- created a massive network of parks
- reduced energy consumption by 66%
- 4x more Greenland than required
- sheep to mow lawns - urban sheppards
- let river flood
- parks increased value of surrounding land
- Transport
- boarding tubes for efficiency
- 2 million passengers
- peak times
- buses arrive every minute -always full
- priotising people over cars
- pedestrionised15 city blocks
- triple articulated buses
- 3 roads
- bus lane in middle
- one road in to city + one out
- Society
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