State of the World 2007 Briefing - Keynote - Jaime Lerner, Former Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil

State of the World Briefing Program

Welcome: Christopher Flavin, Worldwatch Institute President (Listen)

Introductory Remarks: Molly O’Meara Sheehan, State of the World 2007 Project Director (Listen)

Keynote Remarks: Jaime Lerner, Former Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil

State of the World 2007 Panel:
Peter Newman: Greening Urban Transportation (Listen)
Janet Sawin: Energizing Cities (Listen)
Danielle Nierenberg: Farming the Cities (Listen)
Zoë Chafe: Reducing Natural Disaster Risk in Cities (Listen)
Janice Perlman: Fighting Poverty & Environmental Injustice in Cities (Listen)

Question & Answer Session (Listen)

Jaime Lerner  
Former Governor of Paraná, and Former Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil

Mr. Lerner served three terms as Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil (1971-75, 1979-83 and 1989-92), initiating an integrated bus rapid transit system that has inspired imitation worldwide. The advances his administration made in urban planning and social programs helped raise the city’s quality of life. In two terms as Governor of Paraná (1995-98 and 1999-2002), he implemented a comprehensive program for transportation, land use, sanitation, health, education, recreation, and culture. Mr. Lerner is an Urban and Regional Planning professor at the Federal University of Paraná, as well as United Nations consultant in urban planning. He has developed plans and master plans for many cities in Brazil, including Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Recife, Salvador, Aracaju, Natal, Goiânia, Campo Grande and Niterói, and has consulted on cities worldwide.