URBAN PLANNING IN CURITIBA

Smog, gridlock, overcrowding and blight sometimes seem like the inevitable price of metropolitan growth, but a fast-rising city in southeastern Brazil has found a better way. Simple technologies, creative use of resources and a public transportation system that is pleasant, efficient and affordable have turned Curitiba into a model of what more cities could be.

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  Scientific American Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Rabinovitch, J
  • Leitman, J
• Publication Date: 1996-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 46-53
• Serial:
  • Scientific American
  • Volume: 274
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Scientific American Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0036-8733

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cities; City planning; Public transit; Smog
• Geographic Terms: Brazil
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00719199
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 6 1996 12:00AM