Resumen de Desenvolvimento urbano de Curitiba (Brasil): cidade modelo ou uma exceçao?
Curitiba, capital of the south brazilian state of Paraná, is famous for its achievements in urgban planning, and often considered as a model city in the Third Word. The successful public transport bus system and various municipal initiatives to protect the local environment show that a more sustainable development in urban areas is possible. The citie's development is based on the Master Plan, which has been issued in 1966 and put into practice since then. Important for the development since the 1960s is the work of the municipal urban planning institute (IPPUC) and the fact, that there were no major changes in municipal administration for more than three decades, whichi facilitated the realization of the master plan. The bases of the development model of Curitiba was set up in the 1960s, while the macroeconomic development in Brazil was characterized by the economic model of import subsititution. Buit even for the las 10 to 15 years with a slight change to neoliberal economic development patterns in Brazil, Curitiba didn't give up central ideas of its urban planning and administration model. In contrast to neoliberal thoughts
