Jaime Lerner
Jaime Lerner
Jaime Lerneris a Brazilian politician. He was the governor of the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil. He is renowned as an architect and urban planner, having been mayor of Curitiba, capital of Paraná, three times. In 1994, Lerner was elected governor of Paraná, and was reelected in 1998...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 December 1937
CountryBrazil
uncles cities tears
A city is like a family portrait - you don't tear it up if you don't like your uncle's nose.
cities car problem
Every city has to deal with the problem of cars and public transport.
cities design strange
The design of a city is like a strange archeology.
jobs years cities
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.
latin cities differences
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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Brazil will change when its cities change.
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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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The city is not the problem; the city is the solution,
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Every city in the world can be improved in less than three years.
creativity cities tree
There is little in the architecture of a city that is more beautifully designed than a tree.
cities problem solutions
Cities are not problems. They are solutions.
cities together function
A city grows like an organism. It is a structure of living and working together a mix of functions.
taken believe cities
The lack of resources is no longer an excuse not to act. The idea that action should only be taken after all the answers and the resources have been found is a sure recipe for paralysis. The planning of a city is a process that allows for corrections; it is supremely arrogant to believe that planning can be done only after every possible variable has been controlled.
dream responsibility cities
There is no endeavor more noble than the attempt to achieve a collective dream. When a city accepts as a mandate its quality of life, when it respects the people who live in it, when it respects the environment, when it prepares for future generations, the people share the responsibility for that mandate. This shared cause is the only way to achieve that collective dream.