Digitalisation, Urban Data, and the 15-Minute City

The 15-minute city is becoming increasingly popular among urban policy-makers with the ambition to make cities more sustainable. While there are several examples around the world, the 15-minute city model cannot be seen as a blueprint that fits every context equally, requiring comparative analysis and careful local implementation. In this chapter, by comparing different interpretations of the 15-minute city across the world, we explore what role data and new technologies can play in operationalising the concept by adapting it to the local reality. We identified where (at what scale) and when (at what stage) data and how new technologies can influence the realisation of a 15-minute city and to which kind of sustainability outcome they can be related to. Furthermore, we argue that planning the 15-minute city concept necessarily requires its local complexification. International comparisons demonstrate the multifaceted nature of the 15-minute city while data and new technologies can help planners gather local knowledge about contexts and people&s;s needs.