Curitiba's Jaime Lerner Discusses Sustainable Cities

This March 2007 presentation from the TED conference features former Curitiba Mayor Jaime Lerner discussing the rise of the sustainable city.

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February 6, 2008, 11:00 AM PST

By Nate Berg

"With maverick flair and a strategist's disdain for accepted wisdom, Jaime Lerner re-invented urban space in his native Curitiba, Brazil. He talks about how to revolutionize bus transit, awaken green consciousness in a populace accustomed to litter and blight, and change the way city planners and bureaucrats worldwide conceive what's possible within the tangled structure of the metropolitan landscape."

FULL STORY: Sing a song of cities: Jaime Lerner on TED.com

Monday, February 4, 2008 in TED Blog

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