Urban Corridors as a Tool for Sustainable Development: Case Studies from Brazil and Greece

Krebs, Roland and de Oliveira, Ariela (2025) Urban Corridors as a Tool for Sustainable Development: Case Studies from Brazil and Greece. URBAN INNOVATION: TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO CITIES HAVE GONE BEFORE. Medium sized cities and towns as a major arena of global urbanisation. Proceedings of REAL CORP 2025, 30th Intl. Conference on Urban Development, Regional Planning and Information Society. pp. 1183-1189. ISSN 2521-3938

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Abstract

Urban corridors offer a scalable and flexible framework for sustainable urban development, integrating mobility, public space, and environmental resilience. Unlike isolated interventions, corridor planning structures urban transformation along defined spatial axes, ensuring coherence between citywide strategies and localized implementation. This paper examines the methodology through case studies in Rio de Janeiro and from three waterfront cities in Greece. In Rio, a pilot project tested the integration of multiple Sustainability Corridors through a neighborhood-scale route, linking key public spaces and enabling distributed interventions. In Greece, the corridor approach was adapted to different urban challenges: revitalizing a historic district in Heraklion, structuring a new district in Kavala, and requalifying the waterfront in Kalamata. The findings highlight the importance of designing urban and green corridors as a replicable tool for inclusive, strategic urban development.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: case study analysis, urban corridors, urban regeneration, strategic urban planning, sustainable urban development
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Depositing User: REAL CORP Administrator
Date Deposited: 20 May 2025 09:24
Last Modified: 20 May 2025 09:24
URI: http://repository.corp.at/id/eprint/1192

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