Fusco G., Berghauser-Pont M., Cutini V., Psenner A., Guiding principles for the 15-minute city in peripheral areas: the emc2 model”, in “Game Changer? Planning for Just and Sustainable Urban Regions”, AESOP 2024 Annual Congress Proceedings, Sciences Po Paris, in press.
The 15-minute City (15mC) is a novel urban planning approach aiming at affordable and sustainable mobility while enhancing urban life. Implementing this concept in car-dependent outskirts and suburbs poses significant challenges due to their lacking essential morphological features. Cities, especially in metropolitan areas, function as interconnected networks rather than standalone walkable neighbourhoods, complicating the implementation further. The Evolutive Meshed Compact City (emc2) offers a networked pedestrian-based 15mC model suitable for many European peripheries. The paper shows how the model relies on a set of guiding principles and detailed specifications, which are interrelated across different scales. To evaluate its potential in European metropolitan peripheries, a research design is proposed, focusing on its ability to facilitate a successful transition to a 15mC. Additionally, the paper compares the emc2 model with other proposed 15m solutions.
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