Purpose – Sustainable tourism development and outdoor activities are linked to the effective utilization of open spaces and green corridors within the city. The regeneration and revitalization of this landscape are vital for the emergence of a smart, resilient, and biophilic city for the health and well-being of both the residents and the tourists. This area is part of the urban fabric and is essential for the transportation network development and interconnectivity within the metropolitan space. The wetland and green corridor comprise marshes and canal drainage routes located within the setbacks of the Ikeja, Ojodu, Agidingbi, Opebi, Oregun, Maryland, Yaba, and Iwaya rivers floodplain.
Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative and descriptive analysis of the on-site data collection, observations, and evaluations, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) were utilized to map out the developmental and adaptive strategies through GIS-based network mapping. This involved randomly selecting twenty-six (26) points that are landmarks and notable hubs within the city at approximately 750m intervals aligned within the 20km corridor of the waterways and wetlands of the selected study area.
Findings – Through a variety of on-site observations, assessments, interviews, and inferential methods, people’s perceptions of the use of off-road bike lanes, and its economic and social information were gathered.
Research limitations/implications – A healthy ecosystem, less reliance on fossil fuels, more green space, habitat restoration, clean water and air, and increased green space are all important for a city's overall well-being.
Practical implications – This study suggested off-road non-motorized transportation connectivity, and other strategically adapted alternatives for resilient and sustainable city growth, in addition to carbon sequestration through restoration and preservation of already-existing wetlands.
Originality/value – The restoration of urban desolate spaces, improvement of sanitation, governance of floodplains, recreation, and cultural values within metropolitan areas.
Ahmed, T., Pirdavani, A., Janssens, D., & Wets, G. (2023). Utilizing intelligent portable bicycle lights to assess urban bicycle infrastructure surfaces. Sustainability, 15(5), 4495. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15054495.
Autelitano, F., & Giuliani, F. (2021). Colored bicycle lanes and intersection treatments: International overview and best practices. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English edition), 8(3), 399-420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtte.2021.03.003.
Boychev, M. (2021). Reshaping Cities Through Sustainable Urban Planning Strategies and Creating Healthy, Equitable and Sustainable Communities Addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/f114b832-feda-4305-a380-647c82e476fd/content.
Cai, X., & Pei, Y. (2021). Review of the Cycling Network Planning and Design in Chinese Cold-Climate Cities. IEEE Access, 9, 25291-25313. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9344595.
Corben, B. (2022). Urban road design and keeping down speed. In The Vision Zero Handbook: Theory, Technology and Management for a Zero Casualty Policy (pp. 903-945). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-76505-7_35.pdf.
Cox, C., & Natali, M. (2024). National Parks and Protected Areas: A Comparison of the Approach Taken in the UK and France for the Protection of Green Spaces. Laws, 13(4), 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/laws13040041.
De Ferrari, R. H., Ocepek, A., Travis, R., & Armony, A. C. (2024). Migration and urban development in São Paulo. In Urbanization and Migration in Three Continents (pp. 71-91). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032660103.
de Oliveira, F. V., Misato, M. T., & da Costa Morcelli, D. (2024). Protected Areas and Local Development: Limits and Possibilities in the Small Towns of the Metropolitan Region of the Paraíba Valley and Northern Coast in the São Paulo Macrometropolis. In Environmental Governance of the São Paulo Macrometropolis: Perspectives on Climate Variability (pp. 157-177). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59611-7_10.
de Santana Ribeiro, L. C., de Carvalho, D. S. A., Lopes, T. H. C. R., & de Sousa Filho, J. F. (2024). Interdependence Between the Tourist Regions of Sergipe, Brazil. REGION, 11(2), 1-26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18335/region.v11i2.531.
Fang, W. T., Hassan, A. A., & Horng, M. (2024). Ecotourism Planning and Management. In Ecotourism: Environment, Health, and Education (pp. 195-231). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9097-9_7.
Flink, C. A. (2020). The greenway imperative: connecting communities and landscapes for a sustainable future. University Press of Florida. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=04PSEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT8&dq=RegeRegenera+Urban+Landscapes.
Jedliński, M., & Sosik-Filipiak, K. (2022). The role of crosswalks in the smart city concept implementation from the “iGen” perspective. Energies, 15(15), 5661. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15155661.
Kazemzadeh, K., Laureshyn, A., Winslott Hiselius, L., & Ronchi, E. (2020). Expanding the scope of the bicycle level-of-service concept: A review of the literature. Sustainability, 12(7), 2944. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072944.
Khadour, N., Fekete, A., & Sárospataki, M. (2023). The role of the master plan in City development, Latakia master plan in an international context. Land, 12(8), 1634. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12081634.
Masoud, A. R. M. (2021). SMARTer Growth: a suite of neighborhood design evaluation tools to help sustain a desired quality of life: a case study city of Kelowna (Doctoral dissertation, University of British Columbia). https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0401118.
Masoud, A. R., Idris, A., & Lovegrove, G. (2021, May). Quality of Life Outcomes of the Smarter Growth Neighborhood Design Principles: Case Study City of Kelowna. In Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference (pp. 457-470). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1065-4_38.
Mendes, B. C., & Panza, T. M. (2024). A City Developed for (and by) Tourism: Campos do Jordão (São Paulo, Brazil). Tourism Cases, (2024), tourism202400059. https://doi.org/10.1079/tourism.2024.0059.
Minohara, R. H., Zucco, F. D., de Cravalho Soares, N. K., & dos Santos, B. P. L. (2024). Far beyond Covid-19: The negative impacts of other tourism crisis in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul–Brazil. Research, Society and Development, 13(1), e0213144533-e0213144533. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v13i1.44533.
Montella, A., Chiaradonna, S., Mihiel, A. C. D. S., Lovegrove, G., Nunziante, P., & Rella Riccardi, M. (2022). Sustainable complete streets design criteria and case study in Naples, Italy. Sustainability, 14(20), 13142. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142013142.
Moore, L., Evans, K., Lau, H., Riley, L., Erickson, V., & Taylor-Davenport, R. (2023). Roadside restoration with native plants: Partnering for success in the Pacific Northwest of the USA. In Ecological restoration: Moving forward using lessons learned (pp. 325-368). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25412-3_9.
Murgante, B., Trabace, G., & Vespe, V. (2023, June). Combining Tourism Revitalization with Environmental Regeneration Through the Restoration of Piano del Conte Lake in Lagopesole (Southern Italy). In International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (pp. 575-589). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37114-1_40.
Ovi, M. F. M. (2020). SMARTer growth neighborhood design manual: application to existing neighborhoods (Doctoral dissertation, University of British Columbia). https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0388694.
Paiva, S., Ahad, M. A., Tripathi, G., Feroz, N., & Casalino, G. (2021). Enabling technologies for urban smart mobility: Recent trends, opportunities and challenges. Sensors, 21(6), 2143. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21062143.
Raihan, A. (2024). The interrelationship amid carbon emissions, tourism, economy, and energy use in Brazil. Carbon Research, 3(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44246-023-00084-y.
Reggiani, G., Salomons, A. M., Sterk, M., Yuan, Y., O’Hern, S., Daamen, W., & Hoogendoorn, S. (2022). Bicycle network needs solutions, and data collection systems: A theoretical framework and case studies. Case studies on transport policy, 10(2), 927-939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2022.03.006.
Ribeiro, L. C. D. S., Santos, F. R. D., De Moura, F. R., Montenegro, R. L. G., & Freitas, E. E (2024). Determinants of tourist employment in Brazilian microregions: A dynamic panel data approach. Journal of Regional Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12723.
Salimbene, F. P., & Wiggins, W. P. (2020). Transit-Oriented Development: The Quest for Sustainable Cities in the Age of the Automobile. Wm. & Mary Env't L. & Pol'y Rev., 45, 51. https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/wmelpr45&div=7&id=&page=.
Santos, P. L., & Brilha, J. (2024). Inventory and assessment of geological sites at Alto Ribeira Touristic State Park (São Paulo, Brazil): A contribution to its management. International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgeop.2024.07.003.
Santos, T., de Assis Cabral, J., dos Santos Lima, P. V., & de Andrade Santos, M. (2024). Rio de Janeiro’s ocean economy as a key vector for sustainable development in Brazil. Marine Policy, 159, 105876. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003320586.
Schröter, B., Hantschel, S., Koszowski, C., Buehler, R., Schepers, P., Weber, J., ... & Gerike, R. (2021). Guidance and practice in planning cycling facilities in Europe—An overview. Sustainability, 13(17), 9560. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179560.
Silva, F. R. C. D., Grechi, D. C., & Carneiro, C. P. (2024). The governance of tourism at an international border: public policies and paradiplomacy in the context of the RILA. Interações (Campo Grande), 24, e2444208. https://doi.org/10.20435/inter.v24i4.4208.
Smith, N., Georgiou, M., King, A. C., Tieges, Z., & Chastin, S. (2022). Factors influencing usage of urban blue spaces: A systems-based approach to identify leverage points. Health & place, 73, 102735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102735.
Sobhani, P., Esmaeilzadeh, H., Barghjelveh, S., Sadeghi, S. M. M., & Marcu, M. V. (2021). Habitat integrity in protected areas threatened by LULC changes and fragmentation: A case study in Tehran province, Iran. Land, 11(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11010006.
Wang, Y., Gong, J., Wang, B., Jia, P., & Kyo, T. (2022). Off-road testing scenario design and library generation for intelligent vehicles. Green Energy and Intelligent Transportation, 1(3), 100013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geits.2022.100013.
Westphal, L. M. (2022). The future of recreation on public lands: A horizon scan. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. https://www.fs.usda.gov/nrs/pubs/gtr/gtr_nrs208.pdf.
Whitford, S., & Brearley, J. (2024). Designing Networks Cities: Inclusive, Hyper-connected, Emergent, and Sustainable Urbanism. Taylor & Francis. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=qefjEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA5&dq.
Zhao, X., Zhang, J., Zhang, N., Wong, Y. D., Zhou, Y., & Meng, M. (2021). A GIS-CA model for planning bikeways upon the footpath network. Sustainability, 13(16), 8926. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168926.
Zielinska-Dabkowska, K. M., & Bobkowska, K. (2022). Rethinking sustainable cities at night: Paradigm shifts in urban design and city lighting. Sustainability, 14(10), 6062. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14106062.
Copyright (c) 2024 Turismo: Visão e Ação
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Turismo: Visão e Ação, linked to the Graduate Program in Tourism and Hospitality - Master's and Ph.D., is a scientific journal published in a continuous flow system, with an interdisciplinary and international scope. According to Qualis/CAPES criteria (2017-2020), it is classified as 'A3' in the fields of Administration, Accounting Sciences, and Tourism. Registered with ISSN number 1983-7151, Tourismo: Visão e Ação began its activities in 1998 with printed publications in English and Portuguese. In 2008, it transitioned to an online publication, expanding its reach to a broader audience. It maintains a policy of being an open-access journal without submission or access fees. The abbreviated title for the journal is Tur., Visão e Ação, commonly used in bibliographies, footnotes, references, and bibliographic captions.
Universidade do Vale do Itajaí- Quinta Avenida, 1100, bloco 7, CEP: 88337-300, Balneário Camboriú, SC – Brasil. Tel.: +55 47 3261-1315, e-mail: revistaturismo@univali.br
