Sustainable City - Curitiba

• Curitiba Recycling scheme? 


  Provides jobs for people with disabilities or immigrants

  Costs are equal to the previous landfill scheme

  Recycling plant is made from recycled material and 2/3s of the waste is recycled.
• Solution of the parks in Curitiba 


  Double as flood defence in the rain season

  Skyscraper developers are allowed more floors in return for cash which is spent by the council on affordable housing

  It prevents squatters from taking residence and people gain leisure space.
• Integrated bus network in Curitiba


  A single fare can get a passenger anywhere

  It was 500x cheaper than building a subway

  It can take 4000 passengers a day by using bi articulated busses.

  It is totally funded by the people who use it and not the government
• Housing and social projects in Curitiba to help the poor

  Curitiba still has slums filled with poor people but the city has a social charter designed to help them. The slum dwellers have to cope with regular floods. The slums will be cleared but to solve this Curitiba has used Site and Service schemes, where the government offers low interest loans on the land and free house design for the people. The residents are trained to build the houses and make up a large part of the labour force. The houses have electricity, sewerage and running water.