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InPUT analyses distinctive peri-urban areas and envisions strategic interventions inspired by principles of proximity, accessibility and liveability. To achieve that, the project moves beyond considering only spatial aspects, such as transport and amenities, to also examine social aspects. This includes governance capacities, which influence investments and priorities, and the values and aspirations of local inhabitants, which determine what constitutes ‘their’ 15-minute city and the desirability of the transformations. 

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An Urgent Research Agenda

The research rethinks the principles of the 15-minute city beyond the main core cities towards dispersed peri-urban areas, where interventions to improve wellbeing, inclusion and sustainability are sorely needed but may be harder to implement. These areas may face spatial and infrastructural challenges, greater socio-economic vulnerabilities, and lower quality of life, yet they receive less attention and investment than the major cities. This disparity exacerbates socio-political tensions and risks leaving these territories behind, undermining sustainability and democratic cohesion. An inclusive urban transition agenda is needed to address the diverse conditions and aspirations of all European urban areas. This project sees peri-urban areas as integral parts of the European urban landscape and aims to put them on the radar of policy and planning priorities. InPUT builds on the original promise of the 15-minute city to initiate a more equitable vision of urban development.

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Project Outcomes

A catalogue of European peri-urban settings, differentiated according to their spatial, functional, institutional and social conditions and alignment with the 15-minute city principles, as well as their key development needs and potentials, identified together with local stakeholders.

A representative series of case study-based spatial visions and transformation strategies for place-specific models of proximity, accessibility and liveability, that different areas can not only implement, manage and benefit from, but also aspire, co-design and recognize as their own.

A set of newly developed indicators and an encompassing assessment of the performance and prospects of these spatial visions and strategies, according to the three fundamental pathways of wellbeing, social inclusion and environmental sustainability.

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Project innovations

InPUT proposes an integrated and differentiated approach to the peri-urban territories of Europe, focusing on redefining and transforming inclusive, co-designed and locally endorsed principles of urban proximity and accessibility departing from the 15-minute city concept that fit a variety of contexts. This approach brings urgent innovation on three levels:

Transdisciplinary Integration:

The research moves beyond the conventional perspective of the 15-minute city as a technical/design solution delivered by the spatial allocation of functions and mobility networks, to integrate governance resources and capacities, as well as community aspirations and priorities, as key elements of analysis, vision and strategy.

Local Participation:

The research develops instruments to co-design the required transitions together with local stakeholders who can define the bundle of needs that materialises ‘their’ 15-minute city. The solutions thus move beyond top-bottom replicability to become endorsed by, and embedded in, local social, institutional and cultural contexts and practices.

Differentiation & Specificity:

The research provides an understanding of the distinctive spatial, functional, governance and social configurations of European peri-urban areas, to envision not one but many place-specific ‘15-minute cities’, designing viable, locally fitting solutions and transformation pathways to achieve them, developing transferable practices.

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