http://www.metafilter.com/tags/curitiba Posts tagged with 'curitiba' at MetaFilter. Tue, 13 Apr 2004 07:41:56 -0800 Tue, 13 Apr 2004 07:41:56 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/32430/All%2Dwe%2Dneed%2Dat%2Dhand%2Dalready%2DGo <a href="http://www.curitiba.pr.gov.br/pmc/ingles/index.html">Creative, cheap, participatory, the most innovative city in the world......Curitiba !!</a> There may be no single, organic and <a href="http://www.globalideasbank.org/BI/BI-262.HTML">living font of solutions</a> to many of the world's most pressing problems than <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curitiba">Curitiba</a> (previous link from Wikipedia, and a bit more of a wonkish summary <a href="http://www3.iclei.org/localstrategies/summary/curitiba2.html">here</a>), a Brazilian city of 1.5 million that urban planners from around the globe make pilgrimages to, to learn. <br><br>On a budget a tiny fraction of those which <a href="http://www.redvector.com/dg.lts/id.69/news_articles.view_content.htm">American cities</a> have at their disposal, how did Curitiba become the world's leading model for urban sustainability and quality of life ? - with possibly <a href="http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:Ny7gMl7laT8J:www.demographia.com/rac-curitiba.pdf+curitiba&hl=en&ie=UTF-8">the world's most efficient and effective</a><a href="http://www.dismantle.org/curitiba.htm"> public transit system</a>, a network of parks and greenery far beyond <a href="http://www.fredericklawolmsted.com/">Olmsted's</a> visionary parks, 70% trash recycling, innovative social welfare systems, trees everywhere, and "Lighthouses of Knowledge" with small libraries and free internet access as well, a low cost open university system.....and flowers! Curitiba's pedestrian-only (no cars) city center is filled with gardens. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.32430 Tue, 13 Apr 2004 07:41:56 -0800 brazil cityplanning curitiba publictransit sustainability transit urbanplanning urbansustainability troutfishing