In a recent article, Giovanni Fusco — CNRS Research Director in Urban Geography and coordinator of the emc2 project — explores how the 15-minute city model could be adapted to suburban territories, often overlooked by proximity-based urban policies.
While city centers benefit from density and functional diversity that favor soft mobility, post-war suburban areas remain heavily car-dependent and poorly suited to pedestrian life. The emc2 – Evolutive Meshed Compact City project, funded by the European Union, proposes a new vision: a network of interconnected main streets that concentrate services, shops, and active mobility, tailored to suburban realities.
👉 This approach focuses on the quality of public space, rather than merely co-locating urban functions, and seeks to gradually rebalance urban form and mobility habits.
📎 Read in french the full article on The Conversation:
https://theconversation.com/peut-on-faire-une-ville-du-quart-dheure-dans-le-periurbain-257079