Curitiba Revisited: Five Decades of Transformation

Heralded worldwide as an exemplar of sustainable development, Curitiba now has a history of over half a century of enlightened urban planning. Curitiba born Maria do Rocio Rosário , who is the Head of the São Paulo-based Urban Development Strategies (UDS), reflects on whether Curitiba has actually delivered on its ambitious ideals and where the future challenges might lie for metropolitan integration.     

A City at Play: Rio de Janeiro on the Eve of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games

What will be the outcome of the large-scale construction programmes and under-delivered promises undertaken in preparation for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games? Ana Luiza Nobre , Associate Professor of Architectural History at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Head of Research and Education at the Instituto Moreira Salles, gazes into her crystal ball and asks what the ongoing legacy of Rio 2016 might be.     

A City Talks: Learning from Bogotá’s Revitalisation

As the Mayor of Bogotá (1998-2001), Enrique Peñalosa transformed Colombia's capital from a city without hope to one that is held up as an international example of best practice. This was epitomised by his far-reaching transport policy and the TransMilenio bus-based transit system. Peñalosa describes the ambitious urban revitalisation programme that his administration undertook and how they were guided by the fundamental aim of ‘the construction of equality’. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

巴西库里蒂巴市的廉价公交系统经验

作为发展中国家,巴西的交通运输在政府投入不多的情况下,解决了客运交通拥挤问题,库里蒂巴市的公交系统经验,可以为我们解决具体的交通问题提供有益的启示。     

巴西库里提巴城市设计工作坊侧记

通过记录ILAUD1)组织的巴西库里提巴(Curitiba)五国工作坊的过程,试图从参与学生的视角去表述对工作坊的感受及体会,并对库里提巴等巴西城市的发展与现状进行简要的介绍。     

Latin America Meander: In Search of a New Civic Imagination

Teddy Cruz reviews the shifting political landscape of the last two decades in Latin America. Breaking from US dependency, the continent has charted an alternative course as municipalities have reconnected public policy, social justice and civic imagination. In order to address inequality, new models of urban development have been produced on sites of scarcity, and city mayors and administrations have been prepared to learn from each other through best practice. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.