Local shops and businesses thrive as a result of having their market close by. The 15 minute city is not something that's immediately going to be imposed or that our cities need to be fundamentally replanned. It does kind of exist already in a lot of ways but places are trying to nudge towards it. Dr Richard Dunning, senior lecturer in housing and planning at the University of Liverpool studied whether the concept works for all residents.
Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s architecture and design critic, Oliver Wainwright, about why the relatively obscure concept of the 15-minute city has become a magnet for conspiracy theories in recent weeks. And hears from Dr Richard Dunning about how the theory can be implemented in a way that’s fair to all residents. Help support our independent journalism at
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