15-minute city
15-minute city noun: a city in which most daily necessities and services are located within an easily reachable 15-minute walk or bike ride from any point.
Noun
15-minute city (plural 15-minute cities)
- A city in which most daily necessities and services are located within an easily reachable 15-minute walk or bike ride from any point.
- 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.2022, Zaheer Allam et al., editors, Resilient and Sustainable Cities: Research, Policy and Practice, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 41
- The 15-minute city, he suggested, was a “dystopian plan”, heralding “a surveillance culture that would make Pyongyang envious”.2023 February 16, Oliver Wainwright, “In praise of the ‘15-minute city’ – the mundane planning theory terrifying conspiracists”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2023
Forms of 15-minute city
| plural | 15-minute cities |
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Origin of 15-minute city
Coined by Colombian-French researcher, scientist, professor Carlos Moreno in 2016.
Questions about 15-minute city
- What does 15-minute city mean?
- 15-minute city means a city in which most daily necessities and services are located within an easily reachable 15-minute walk or bike ride from any point.
- What part of speech is 15-minute city?
- 15-minute city is a noun.
- What is the plural of 15-minute city?
- The plural of 15-minute city is 15-minute cities.
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