U+-+curitiba

Curitiba is an excellent example of a sustainable city.

Below is an excellent link showing how Curitiba is sustainable:

Curitiba weblink#

The city planners developed new sewers and road systems
 * Curitiba 1940** - The city was experiencing rapid growth and had a thriving agricultural sector and attracted migrants from Japan, Syria and Lebanon. This led to increasing demand for:
 * Housing
 * Services
 * Transportation


 * Unchecked growth 1960s** - The residents feared problems such as Urban Sprawl, fewer open/green spaces and lost character
 * Limited urban sprawl
 * protecting all existing green spaces
 * preserve public buildings
 * new fast direct transport links in and out of the city
 * affordable public transport
 * The master plan 1970s**:
 * First predestrian only street
 * Trinany road system
 * The Green Era 1980s:**
 * Green areas protected from development
 * City wide recycling program
 * Public transport system expanded - colour-coded bus lanes to highlight the different bus routes
 * International Recognition 1990s:**
 * more green spaces
 * protecting more cultural sites
 * high speed bus routes and bus stops
 * botanical garden and opera hous built on the site of a disused quary
 * New industries such as Audi and Renault
 * Millennium:**
 * Tourism very important to the city's economy
 * sight-seeing bus service
 * new skills training for poorly paid residents
 * built a new technology park
 * investing heavily in alternative fuel technologies