15-minute City

The 15-minute city aims to create a polycentric city where residents can meet the basic functions they need for daily life, including living, working, shopping, medical care, education and entertainment, within a 15-minute walking or cycling distance. It emphasizes improving the quality of life and urban livability by reducing commuting time and travel distance. Its core elements include: density, which encourages local solutions to local problems through moderately concentrated urban development; proximity, which improves efficiency by shortening the time and space required for activities; diversity, which emphasizes mixed-use development and multicultural communities; and digitalization, which reduces the need for commuting through smart city technologies. This concept aims to improve the quality of urban life by improving the accessibility of local services, promoting community participation and environmental sustainability.

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Source: <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275122005406>

Edited and Translated by Ma Chenshuo