Walkable Communities for a Healthier Planet: Exploring 15-Minute Cities

作者：Sabrina Alzahrani, Nisreen Abuwaer, Sami G. Al-Ghamdi · 发表于：Frontiers for Young Minds · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.3389/frym.2024.1309614

How long does it take you to walk to your supermarket? How about your school or your parent’s work? Now imagine if you could visit most of those places in <15 min. Well, you actually can, and this concept is called a 15-minute city. The 15-minute city concept is a very simple method used by city planners and designers, in which neighborhoods are designed so that most services and other daily needs are located only 15 min away from your home. This includes work, school, or the supermarket. 15-minute cities are meant to discourage car use and encourage public transport, walking, and cycling. This allows us to shift into designing cities that emphasize a focus on human needs and demands over car-oriented ones—meaning people living there will not have to travel far for simple errands and can walk to most places.