TuneTo15 – Adapting the 15-minute-city concept to functional urban areas in the context of socio-spatial disparities and transition conflicts
In recent years, many cities have embraced the 15-minute city (15mC) concept by implementing strategies to foster both urban density and diversity, reducing car traffic, and re-designing urban street spaces.
However, many municipalities adopting this approach experience public and political backlash. One reason is that the 15mC concept is seen as disproportionately benefitting urban residents while ignoring those living in the periphery.
To overcome transition conflicts arising from such a misunderstanding, cities need solutions to expand the 15mC concept beyond the urban core while making it more socially inclusive.
The TuneTo15 project aims to:
(1) identify the limits and potential of the 15mC concept in diverse spatial settings – especially beyond the urban core;
(2) understand the impacts of the 15mC concept on different social groups and identify conflicts between them; and
(3) engage municipal stakeholders in co-creative processes to develop implementation and conflict-resolution guidelines.
Key to the success of the project are the TuneTo15 Municipal Peer Group and the series of International 15-Minute-City Meetings to foster peer-learning and build transformational capacity within municipal administrations and amongst other stakeholders engaged in urban transition processes.
