Planners and politicians from Saudi Arabia to Scotland want to transform interconnected cities into isolated "urban villages" no one ever needs to leave.
The promise of cities is that they have a lot more stuff to do, things to buy and sell, places to work, and people to meet than towns and villages. It's why large metros manage to be richer, more attractive places than smaller, isolated communities, despite all the traffic, noise, crime, pollution, and general urban dysfunction that inevitably comes with them.
The concept of the 15-minute city is one that has found a lot of traction with city and local authorities in recent years. A 15-minute city puts the emphasis on local living, enabling citizens to meet the majority of their daily needs with only a 15-minute return walk, supported by other active transportation modes.
Developing 15-minute cities and neighbourhoods requires drastic changes to the city ecosystem as we know it, dispersing jobs, housing, critical infrastructure, mobility services, and the required investment to support all of these elements, more equally across cities to create more accessible, equitable and inclusive cities.
Weiterlesen: Five initiatives and projects shaping 15-minute cities
To combat climate change, the nonprofit group C40 Cities is partnering with a Danish firm to pilot walkable neighborhoods in five global cities.
The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, a network of about 100 global mayors that focuses on climate change and sustainability, is partnering with alternative asset manager Nordic Real Estate Partners (NREP) to bring one of the buzziest concepts in urban planning — the “15-minute city” — to life in a handful of locations globally.