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作者

T.M. Logan;M.H. Hobbs;L.C. Conrow;N.L. Reid;R.A. Young;M.J. Anderson

来源

CITIES,Vol.131,Issue1,Article 103924

语言

英文

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作者单位

Cluster for Community and Urban Resilience (CURe), University of Canterbury, New Zealand;Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand;Faculty of Health, University of Canterbury, New Zealand;GeoHealth Laboratory, Geospatial Research Institute, University of Canterbury, New Zealand;School of Earth and Environment, College of Science, University of Canterbury, New Zealand;Cluster for Community and Urban Resilience (CURe), University of Canterbury, New Zealand;Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand;Faculty of Health, University of Canterbury, New Zealand;GeoHealth Laboratory, Geospatial Research Institute, University of Canterbury, New Zealand;School of Earth and Environment, College of Science, University of Canterbury, New Zealand;Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA;Prevention Institute, Oakland, CA, USA;Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK;School of Computer Science, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, China;Artificical Intelligence School, Wuchang University of Technology, Wuhan 430223, China;State Key Laboratory of Geo-Information Engineering, Xi'an, 710054, China;State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Beijing 100101, China;Department of Civil Environmental Engineering, Southern Methodist University, United States of America;Department of Statistical Science, Southern Methodist University, United States of America;Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity, Southern Methodist University, United States of America;Department of Sociology, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, Romania;Department of Geography, University of Utah, 260 S Central Campus Dr, Rm 4625, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA;Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 240 W Prospect, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA

摘要

Cities worldwide have declared aspirations to become “10, 15, or 20-minute cities.” This goal is often part of a strategy to reduce emissions and achieve sustainable and healthy urban design by encouraging walking and cycling. The 10, 15, or 20-minute city or neighbourhood — which, for generality, we refer to as the x-minute city — is a type of design aimed at reducing car dependence by enabling urban residents to walk or cycle to essential amenities within x minutes from their home. Due to the benefits which include sustainability, health, and social cohesion, the concept has been promoted by the international C40 Cities as part of their post-pandemic Green and Just Recovery Agenda. However, missing from the current rhetoric around these “cities of proximity” is clear guidance on evaluating progress towards this goal. In this paper, we contrast measurement approaches and discuss important considerations for planners adopting the x-minute city goal. To do this, we measure the proximity of the 500 largest cities in the USA and 43 urban areas of New Zealand. We also present an interactive tool to visualise and explore proximity within the urban areas.