A systematic review of the 15-minute city framework: implications for environmental heritage preservation in the Anthropocene

Madiha Bencekri · Juhyeon Kwak · Doyun Lee · Ágnes Csiba-Herczeg · Seungjae Lee

11 citations0/0 files storedInternational Journal of Urban Sciences

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Urban Transport and Accessibility Urban Planning and Governance Sustainable Urban and Rural Development

Abstract

The 15-minute city model proposes a transformative urban planning framework aimed at reducing car dependency, enhancing accessibility, and promoting sustainability. Despite its alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), empirical and quantitative validations of its environmental benefits remain scarce. This study employs a hybrid methodology that combines systematic literature review, topic modelling, and sentiment analysis to examine the capacity of the model to mitigate environmental challenges. The systematic review identified three main thematic areas in the literature: (1) decarbonization and environmental impacts, (2) sustainability and resilience, and (3) urban planning and accessibility. While the model has been widely discussed, only 10.2% of the literature focuses on environmental outcomes, revealing a significant research gap. Topic modelling further uncovers five core themes mostly related to urban planning and mobility, where critical environmental terms like ‘emissions’, ‘sustainability’, and ‘decarbonization’ are notably absent, reinforcing the lack of focus on the model’s ecological contributions. Sentiment analysis reveals a cautiously optimistic tone in scholarly discourse, with researchers recognizing the model’s theoretical promise but expressing reservations about its real-world efficacy in addressing climate change. Therefore, this study highlights the urgent need for context-specific empirical and quantitative investigations to quantify a 15-minute city’s contribution to reducing emissions and promoting environmental resilience in the long term. This study provides data-driven insights to guide policymakers and urban planners in making informed decisions regarding sustainable urban development in the Anthropocene epoch.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 11 citations exist upstream.

References

2009The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration 2021The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews 2021Introducing the “15-Minute City”: Sustainability, Resilience and Place Identity in Future Post-Pandemic Cities 2021Urban planning and quality of life: A review of pathways linking the built environment to subjective well-being 202115-Minute City: Decomposing the New Urban Planning Eutopia 2022The 15-minute city: Urban planning and design efforts toward creating sustainable neighborhoods 2004Compact City and Urban Sprawl 2014Latent dirichlet allocation

Cited by

2025City for people, city for cars. Analyzing maximum walkability areas through machine learning algorithms and open-source data

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.