Chapter 5. A discussion regarding ‘proximity city’ and ‘Fifteen-minute City’

Based on the previous chapter’s findings and synthesis, two different trajectories can be traced:

First, Unlike the claims of Moreno.et. al. (2021) the FMC rhetoric is not a new spatial planning concept but rather, the underlying urban form is based on compact city model. It is related to creating compact and integrated neighbourhoods and provision of only basic amenities.

This finding now shifts the focus of the study from ‘what’ to rather ‘how’. The issue of creating proximity ‘to basic services’ is the issue of governance of how to create compact neighbourhoods and how to provide basic amenities. Section 5.1. elaborates on two interrelated topics of governance regarding this topic.

On the other hand, Section 5.2 elaborates on the second finding of the thesis, i.e. the title of ‘Fifteen-twenty-minute city/neighbourhood’, from a perspective of communicative planning and emphasis its merit goes beyond than just being a ‘political advocacy’ and hypothecates how it may assist decision makers to create compact ‘proximity’ city and reduce ‘time poverty’, the main issue put forward by the proponents of FMC regarding scarcity of time for urban citizens.