Who is living a local lifestyle? Towards a better understanding of the 15-minute-city and 30-minute-city concepts from a behavioural perspective in Montréal, Canada

Birkenfeld, Carolyn; Victoriano-Habit, Rodrigo; Alousi-Jones, Meredith; Soliz, Aryana; El-Geneidy, Ahmed

doi:10.1016/j.urbmob.2023.100048

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“…The entrance point is considered only for the neighborhood parks and hospitals because the large polygon area may interpret the analysis results accurately. Although Dubai's master plan aims to achieve a 20 min city concept, many case studies proved that the 20 min city has failed to consider mobility diversity and is not reachable for senior citizens and children [20]; the research used cut-off times of 5, 10, and These services were selected after a comprehensive study through the 15-min neighborhood literature, specifically [7,16,17,[38][39][40][41][42][43]. The 14 prospective services presented for the 15-min concept are based on the following two major points of reference:…”

Section: Ungated Community (Neighborhoods) Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Fifteen-, Ten-, or Five Minutes City? Walkability to Services Assessment: Case of Dubai, UAE

Ali,

Gawai

et al. 2023

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The rapid urbanization growth of Dubai has resulted in connectivity issues, considered tre-mendous development pressure. That leads the local authorities to set a vision for Dubai as a 15-20 minute city by 2040. The 15-minute city, where all services can be reached with minimum travel time using sustainable mobility means (walking, cycling, or electric bik-ing). This paper aims to assess the current walkability situation within 15 minutes in the most significant parts of Dubai. This study considered 13 communities; Bur-Dubai and Business Bay were selected to represent the ungated communities, and eleven major gated communities were considered to indicate the gated ones. Those neighborhoods are selected based on the developments' socio-economic status and population density. The assessment considered 14 essential services, categorized into five categories: educational, health, social, entertainment, and religious. The research methodology conducted desktop research, site visits, interviewing random residents to collect data, and then using ArcGIS to assess walk-ability. The results show (64.5%) of the ungated neighborhoods population which access essential services within 15 minutes, while most of the gated communities residents must use cars to access many services. Furthermore, services distribution patterns and walkability infrastructures outside these developments should be developed to obtain higher walkability indicators.

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Section: Ungated Community (Neighborhoods) Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Fifteen-, Ten-, or Five Minutes City? Walkability to Services Assessment: Case of Dubai, UAE

Ali,

Gawai

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…For example, by providing better road space allocation, the reliability, convenience, and safety of active and shared modes will be promoted (OECD, 2021;Pajares et al, 2021;Allam et al, 2023). The reliance on active and shared transport modes among urban dwellers when accessing essential services ideally within relatively short commute distances (i.e., typically 15 or 30 minutes), also known as the "X-Minute City," has gained considerable traction and acceptance among urban planners and policy actors as a sustainable development pathway (Allam et al, 2023;Birkenfeld et al, 2023;Vich et al, 2023;Willberg et al, 2023).…”

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confidence: 99%

Toward achieving smart cities in Africa: challenges to data use and the way forward

Agyemang,

Anderson,

Patiño

et al. 2024

Data & Policy

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The advent of smart and digital cities is bringing data to the forefront as a critical resource for addressing the multifaceted transitions faced by African cities from rapid urbanization to the climate crisis. However, this commentary highlights the formidable considerations that must be addressed to realize the potential of data-driven urban planning and management. We argue that data should be viewed as a tool, not a panacea, drawing from our experience in modeling and mapping the accessibility of transport systems in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. We identify five key considerations, including data choice, imperfections, resource intensity, validation, and data market dynamics, and propose three actionable points for progress: local data sharing, centralized repositories, and capacity-building. While our focus is on Kumasi and Accra, the considerations discussed are relevant to cities across the African continent.

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“…This leads to very detailed and accurate distance measures regarding the study area, however the analysis is very resource intensive and thus, does not allow to include further data sets and has large computational requirements. In turn, Birkenfeld et al (2023) claim that 15-min city concepts are not easily applicable everywhere, depending on people's lifestyle as well as the environment and city architecture. In particular, they are infeasible in North America, where according to the authors, a 30-min concept is more likely to be successfully implemented.…”

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City composition and accessibility statistics in and around Paris

Thaury,

Genet,

Maurice

et al. 2024

Front. Big Data

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IntroductionIs Paris a 15-min city, where inhabitants can access essential amenities such as schools and shops with a 15-min walk or bike ride? The concept of a 15-min (more generally, X-minute) city was launched in the French capital and was part of the current mayor's plan in her latest re-election campaign. Yet, its fit with the existing urban structure had not been previously assessed.MethodsThis article combines open map data from a large participatory project and geo-localized socio-economic data from official statistics to fill this gap.ResultsWe show that, while the city of Paris is rather homogeneous, it is nonetheless characterized by remarkable inequalities between a highly accessible city center (though with some internal differences in terms of types of amenities) and a less well-equipped periphery, where lower-income neighborhoods are more often found. The heterogeneity increases if we consider Paris together with its immediate surroundings, the "Petite Couronne," where large numbers of daily commuters and other users of city facilities live.DiscussionWe thus conclude that successful implementation of the X-minute-city concept requires addressing existing socio-economic inequalities, and that especially in big cities, it should be extended beyond the narrow boundaries of the municipality itself to encompass the larger area around it.

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Who is living a local lifestyle? Towards a better understanding of the 15-minute-city and 30-minute-city concepts from a behavioural perspective in Montréal, Canada

Cited by 13 publications

References 34 publications

Fifteen-, Ten-, or Five Minutes City? Walkability to Services Assessment: Case of Dubai, UAE

Fifteen-, Ten-, or Five Minutes City? Walkability to Services Assessment: Case of Dubai, UAE

Toward achieving smart cities in Africa: challenges to data use and the way forward

City composition and accessibility statistics in and around Paris

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