Brazilian - Politician | December 17, 1937 -
A lot of people assume that the expensive ideas are the most effective ones, but that is simply not true.
Jaime Lerner
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The design of a city is like a strange archeology.
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A city is like a family portrait - you don't tear it up if you don't like your uncle's nose.
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Cities are not problems. They are solutions.
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Every city has to deal with the problem of cars and public transport.
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Sometimes the media gives us the impression that we are terminal patients, because of problems of global warmth or the ozone layer. And the people, they don't understand that they can could change this situation for the better if they could act locally in a city.
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Curitiba is not a paradise. We have all the problems that most Latin American cities have. We have slums. We have the same difficulties, but the big difference is the respect given by people due to the quality of the services which are provided.
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After working in cities for nearly 40 years, I am telling you that every city can improve its quality of life in less than three years, no matter the scale or the financial conditions.
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I have realized after all these years that a city that has a good quality of life attracts jobs. People don't want to invest in places if there is no quality of life.
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We have to change from 'ego-architecture' to 'eco-architecture.'
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A system of bus rapid transit is not only dedicated lanes. You have to have really good boarding conditions - that means paying before entering the bus and boarding at the same level. And at the same time having a good schedule and frequency.
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There are three major issues now that are becoming important, not only for cities, but for all mankind: Mobility, sustainability - which is linked to mobility - and social diversity.
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