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Curitiba -– a sustainable city

Curitiba -– a sustainable city. Learning objectives. To describe what a sustainable city is. To explain why Curitiba is a sustainable city. Key words: Sustainable, city and development. Starter. Bet you can’t Bet you can’t remember 5 things that make a sustainable city.

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Curitiba -– a sustainable city

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  1. Curitiba -– a sustainable city

  2. Learning objectives To describe what a sustainable city is. To explain why Curitiba is a sustainable city. Key words: Sustainable, city and development

  3. Starter Bet you can’t Bet you can’t remember 5 things that make a sustainable city

  4. Curitiba - why a sustainable city? Time line– 1940s - Curitiba experiencing rapid Growth and Alfred Agace improved sewage system and tried Rerouted traffic away from the city. 1960s - Curitiba experienced huge urban growth and Jamie Lerner put in place Curitiba Master Plan 1970s - – Lerner developed pedestrian only streets and Trinary road system. The new system sandwiched a central two-lane street restricted to buses and local car traffic between wide fast-moving one-way streets. Also, industrial zone built.

  5. 1980s - citywide recycling program was initiated in which Curitibanos separated organic waste and trash, plastic, glass, and metal. The city sold the salvage to cover the costs of operation. "Green areas" protected from future development were established in Curitiba, and a number of parks were dedicated to the city's different ethnic and immigrant groups.

  6. 1990s - Curitiba had grown to more than 1.4 million people Curitiba continued to add to its stock of green spaces and cultural sites, with the building of a new botanical garden and an opera house located on the site of an abandoned quarry. New red multicabin buses, carrying up to 270 people each were integrated into its transit system and high-speed bus stops called tubes were created.Today - With tourism becoming increasingly important to the local economy. The city also recently began building a technology park to attract new-economy businesses.

  7. Curitiba Video – Write some notes on why Curitiba is Sustainable? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRD3l3rlMpo

  8. If we have time! Curitiba – a case study of a Sustainable City http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btIdBptJHyU Video on selling Curitiba – what makes this city sustainable? Use the A3 and the people around you to summarise the main points!

  9. Learning objectives To describe what a sustainable city is. To explain why Curitiba is a sustainable city. Key words: Sustainable, city and development

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