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Developing an Integrated Transit and Land Use Plan, Ciudad del Este
The Ciudad del Este studio has been working with a team of partners and advisors to develop an integrated transit and land use plan for Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. The city of 300,000 residents sits on a “triple frontier” between Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina and is a well-known commerce hub that attracts thousands of Brazilians daily due to Paraguay’s lower tax burden. It has, as a result, become one of the largest informal commercial centers of the world and draws expats from Lebanon, China, and Korea to settle and become retailers of imported products. Additionally, the city sits near Iguazu Falls in Brazil, a major global tourist attraction.
