15-minute city
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by Colombian-French researcher, scientist, professor Carlos Moreno in 2016.
Noun
[edit]15-minute city (plural 15-minute cities)
- (urban studies, neologism) A city in which most daily necessities and services are located within an easily reachable 15-minute walk or bike ride from any point. [from 2016]
- 2022, Zaheer Allam et al., editors, Resilient and Sustainable Cities: Research, Policy and Practice, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 41:
- Notable examples include Paris and its “Ville du quart d'heure,” a 15-minute city based on decentralized, mini-hubs where everything one is likely to need is within a 15-minute walk or bike ride.
- 2023 February 16, Oliver Wainwright, “In praise of the ‘15-minute city’ – the mundane planning theory terrifying conspiracists”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 March 2023:
- The 15-minute city, he suggested, was a “dystopian plan”, heralding “a surveillance culture that would make Pyongyang envious”.
- 2023 March 28, Tiffany Hsu, “He Wanted to Unclog Cities. Now He’s ‘Public Enemy No. 1.’”, in The New York Times[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 March 2023:
- On Feb. 18, when an estimated 2,000 demonstrators converged at a protest in Oxford, some carried signs claiming that 15-minute cities would become “ghettos” created by the World Economic Forum as a form of “tyrannical control.”
In fact, LTNs are championed by the Oxfordshire county council; the separate Oxford City Council has cited the 15-minute city as an inspiration for its vision of the city in 2040.
Translations
[edit]city where daily needs are within a 15-minute walk or bike ride
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Further reading
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15-minute city on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
