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15-minute city
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Etymology
en Q2939411 1 in 2016.
Noun
15-minute city
en 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
en 2022 Zaheer Allam; et al. Resilient and Sustainable Cities: Research, Policy and Practice Elsevier 9780323986243 41 https://books.google.com/books?id=fbF3EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA41&dq=%2215-minute+city%22&hl=&cd=5&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%2215-minute%20city%22&f=false 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.
en Oliver Wainwright In praise of the ‘15-minute city’ – the mundane planning theory terrifying conspiracists w:The Guardian 2023-02-16 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/16/15-minute-city-planning-theory-conspiracists 0261-3077 The 15-minute city, he suggested, was a “dystopian plan”, heralding “a surveillance culture that would make Pyongyang envious”. https://web.archive.org/web/20230318043123/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/16/15-minute-city-planning-theory-conspiracists
en Tiffany Hsu He Wanted to Unclog Cities. Now He’s ‘Public Enemy No. 1.’ w:The New York Times 2023-03-28 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/technology/carlos-moreno-15-minute-cities-conspiracy-theories.html 0362-4331 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20230331040052/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/technology/carlos-moreno-15-minute-cities-conspiracy-theories.html
Translations
city where daily needs are within a 15-minute walk or bike ride
Catalan: ca ciutat dels 15 minuts f
French: fr ville du quart d'heure f
Galician: gl cidade de 15 minutos f
Portuguese: pt cidade de 15 minutos
Spanish: es ciudad de los 15 minutos
Swahili: sw mji wa dakika 15 c3 c4, sw jiji la dakika 15 c5 c6 15-minute big city
Further reading
en Fifteen