Requião, Roberto (Curitiba Mayor), 59, 112, 113

revenue fare system, 47, 48

Riordan, Richard (Mayor of LA), 118n3

Rischbieter, Franchette, 88

RIT (Curitiba Integrated Transportation Network), 42

rivers, pollution, 20, 21

road hierarchy, 41

do Rosario, Maria Rocio Morais, 167, 168

Rovani, Euclides, 96

Ruiz, Samuel (Curitiba Mayor), 107, 109, 110

rural exodus, 14, 15, 75, 76

Sabbag, Omar (Curitiba Mayor), 40, 92

Sagmacs, 89

São Lourenço park, 55

São Paulo compared to Chicago, 17

compared to Curitiba, 4–6, 74

inconsistent urban planning, 143–145

as metropolis, 126–137

slogans, 126

“São Paulo Cannot Stop,”, 135

“São Paulo Must Stop,”, 135

“São Paulo needs a master plan,”, 128

Satterthwaite, David, 29, 30, 50

Save the Tietê, 20

schools and environmental education, 59, 60

Secretaria Municipal do Meio Ambiente,, 59

Serete (Sociedade de Estudos e Projetos),, 37, 80, 82

Serra, José (São Paulo Mayor), 146

settlements, illegal human, 15

Setúbal, Olavo (São Paulo Mayor), 141

Sindicato da Indústria da Construção (SINDUSCON),, 107

Sindicato das Empresas de Compra, Venda e Locação de Imóveis (SECOVI),, 107

single fare (bus) system, 66

Social Action Foundation, 62

social capital, 11–13

social unrest in Brazil, 94

“Sorbonne of Juvevê,”, 99

de Sousa, Luíza Erundina (São Paulo Mayor), 114, 116, 140, 141, 149, 158n20

de Souza, Roger-Mark, 24

state-controlled companies, 75

strategies, governance, 7

Suplicy, Marta (São Paulo Mayor), 116, 145, 146

sustainability, urban, 27, 28, 50, 51

Tamanduateí River, 20, 132

“thinking the city” in Curitiba, 18, 80, 92