[HTML][HTML] Time to challenge the 15-minute city: Seven pitfalls for sustainability, equity, livability, and spatial analysis

K Mouratidis - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The “15-minute city” concept has been receiving an increasing amount of attention
as a model for urban policy as well as a tool for urban spatial analysis. The concept is often …

[HTML][HTML] Car-use reduction in 15-Minute Cities. A matter of modal shift or shorter travel distances?

MBF Núñez, M Maciejewska, L Mojica… - Journal of Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Policies such as the 15 Minute City seek to reduce car use by ensuring the spatial
concentration and proximity of everyday activities. This paper examines how proximity to …

Decoding the 15-Minute City Debate: Conspiracies, Backlash, and Dissent in Planning for Proximity

O Marquet, I Anguelovski, S Nello-Deakin… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Science skeptics have spent years attacking climate science, but it has only been recently
that post-COVID-19 conspiracy theorists have directed their attention to local city planning …

[HTML][HTML] The political price of superblocks. Electoral outcomes of sustainable transport interventions in Barcelona

O Marquet, MBF Núñez, M Maciejewska - Environment international, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban and transportation policies are increasingly recognized for their potential to mitigate
climate change impacts and address transport externalities. Amidst efforts to shift modal …

[HTML][HTML] Developing a 15-minute city policy? Understanding differences between policies and physical barriers

M Lu, E Diab - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2025 - Elsevier
The concept of a x-minute (or 15-minute) city has recently gained prominence as an
influential urban planning approach. Recent research showed how American, Canadian …

[HTML][HTML] Can proximity forge strong bonds? Exploring the relationship between urban proximity and social cohesion at the neighbourhood level.

S Mombelli, C Miralles-Guasch, O Marquet - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban proximity has recently regained prominence in urban and transport planning. While
the environmental and health benefits of increased proximity are well documented, its social …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating contestation around neighbourhood scale active travel infrastructure policy

E Caris, M Cao - Transport Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Active travel infrastructure policy implemented at a neighbourhood scale has generated
unexpected levels of socio-political contestation, leading to the removal of some schemes …

[HTML][HTML] Why do sustainable shared mobility practices not proliferate more widely? Insights from digital mobility diaries

M Mock, K Wankat - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Sharing instead of owning consumer goods should significantly reduce their production and
the associated environmental damages. However, this ecological promise has yet to be …

Green commuting within the x-minute city: Towards a systematic evaluation of its feasibility

W Gao, M Cui, E Pan, BPY Loo - Journal of Transport Geography, 2024 - Elsevier
In cities, carbon emissions associated with commuting transport is large and significant. This
study integrates data about the jobs-housing relationship, road network configurations …

DILUTED POST‐SOCIALISM: Urban Policymaking in East Germany, Poland and Ukraine

Ł Drozda - International Journal of Urban and Regional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
More than three decades after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the post‐socialist
framework prevalent in the academic world is raising more and more questions. The three …