15-minute city

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Dictionary meaning

an urban planning concept proposing that all residents should be able to reach their essential daily needs — work, shopping, education, healthcare, parks, and social venues — within a fifteen-minute walk or bike ride from their home; popularised by Carlos Moreno and adopted by Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo as a framework for post-pandemic urban reorganisation, the concept aims to reduce car dependency, lower carbon emissions, strengthen local community bonds, and improve quality of life by creating polycentric cities of dense, mixed-use, human-scale neighbourhoods