The Theoretical, Practical, and Technological Foundations of the 15-Minute City Model: Proximity and Its Environmental, Social and Economic Benefits for Sustainability

Conventional and emerging paradigms of urbanism require new responses under the current circumstances, especially in relation to the integration of sustainability dimensions and technology advances. The escalating rate of urbanization, coupled with the climate emergency, fundamentally indeed disrupt...

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Published in:Energies Vol. 15; no. 16; p. 6042
Main Authors: Allam, Zaheer, Bibri, Simon Elias, Chabaud, Didier, Moreno, Carlos
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2022
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15-Minute City
15-Minute City; compact city; eco-city; smart city; proximity; mixed-land use; urban computing and intelligence; sustainability; decarbonisation; urban planning and design
[SHS.GESTION]Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration
Business administration
Cities
Climate change
Climatic changes
compact city
Consumption
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Decentralization
eco-city
Economic aspects
Emissions
Environmental impact
Greenhouse effect
Humanities and Social Sciences
mixed-land use
Pandemics
Paris Agreement
Prevention
proximity
smart city
Sustainable development
Sustainable urban development
T
Technological change
Technology
Trends
Urban areas
Germany
ISSN:1996-1073, 1996-1073
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Summary:Conventional and emerging paradigms of urbanism require new responses under the current circumstances, especially in relation to the integration of sustainability dimensions and technology advances. The escalating rate of urbanization, coupled with the climate emergency, fundamentally indeed disrupt the challenges that urbanism research and practice deal with, calling for adopting more innovative approaches to urban planning and design. With cities contributing around 65% of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and experiencing an unprecedented growth of population, contemporary urban policy needs to be redefined and re-assessed accordingly. While numerous urban models, such as the Compact City, the Eco-City, the Sustainable City, and the Smart City, have emerged in response to the challenges of sustainability and urbanization, the 15-Minute City has recently gained a steep popularity. This paper explores the theoretical, practical, and technological foundations of the 15-Minute City, with a particular focus on the proximity dimension of mixed land-use and its environmental, social, and economic benefits of sustainability as supported by smart technologies. We argue that this evolving model of urbanism has the potential to gain more expansion and success in regard to building more sustainable, efficient, resilient, equitable, and inclusive cities in line with the global agendas of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, as it adds a strategic value to the amalgam of the prevailing and emerging paradigms of urbanism and their synergies with respect to increasing the benefits of sustainability while emphasizing its environmental dimension.
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ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en15166042