Includes index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Here and Now: We Must Change -- The Urbanization Challenge and Environmental Impact -- IPCC - Cities Alliance -- Urbanity: A Double-Edged Sword -- Global Impact on Health -- Global Economic Impact -- A Sustainable Future via the 15-Minute City -- Chapter 2 Journey Through a Fragmented City -- Global Urban Tapestries -- The Rise of Cities and Cars -- The Impact of 1920s Innovations -- The Impact of Functionalism -- Le Corbusier's Urban Vision -- Le Corbusier's Legacy.

Chapter 8 The Genesis of the 15-Minute City -- Urban Life Through the Lens of Complexity -- Smart Cities to Sustainable Cities -- The London Initiative -- From the Human Smart City to the Living City -- C40 Cities and Nobel Prize Winner Professor Yunus -- Chapter 9 The 15-Minute City: The Proximity Revolution -- Cities Leading the Way -- Transitioning Toward Resilience -- Transitioning Toward Polycentric Proximity -- The 15-Minute City for Diverse Places -- Proximity, Mixed Usages, and Quality of Life -- Temporal and Spatial Proximity -- Exploring New Proximities.

Le Corbusier's Influence in Europe -- And Elsewhere -- Chapter 3 The History of Urban Time -- From Natural Cycles to Mechanical Clocks -- Timekeeping Developments -- Industrial Development -- The Impact of Timekeeping on Urban Life -- Chapter 4 The Geography of Urban Time -- The Vautrin Lud Prize -- Torsten H�agerstrand and the Geography of Time -- Urban Time Introspection -- A Path to Human-Centric Cities -- Proximity: To Regain Useful Time -- Proximity: To Enhance Quality of Life -- Chapter 5 Exploring the Past to Reimagine the Future -- Echoes of Ancient Vibrancies: Reviving Urban Spaces.

Paving the Way for Proximity and Well-Being -- The Beginning of Revival: Amsterdam -- Rethinking Cities for Proximity -- Chapter 6 The City's Shape, Rhythm, and Time -- Living in Harmony: Sumak Kawsay -- Rediscovering Urban Circular Life -- The Neighborhood Unit vs. Urban Sprawl -- Seeds of Change -- The Rebirth of Neighborhoods -- A Sense of Place -- Chapter 7 Charting 50 Years of Change -- Seeking Connection in an Overwhelmed World -- Teleworking's Impact from Nilles to COVID-19 -- Green Recovery and Livable Cities -- Urban Impact of COVID-19 -- The Value of Proximity Rediscovered.

Toward More Balanced Neighborhoods -- Creative Redevelopment and Reuse -- Chapter 10 The Portes de Paris Project and the 15-Minute City's Emergence -- The Portes de Paris Project -- The High Quality of Societal Life Indicator -- 15-Minute Urbanism: A Methodology -- Paris Leads the Way -- The Birth of the 15-Minute City in Paris -- Chapter 11 Paris and the Global Rise of the 15-Minute City -- Reshaping the Urban Future: The Rise of the 15-Minute City -- Urban Resilience in Action: Paris' Journey Toward the 15-Minute City -- Paris: Inspiring Worldwide Urban Transformation.

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"In The 15-Minute City: A Solution for Saving Our Time and Our Planet, human city pioneer and international scientific advisor Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home. This book tells the story of an idea that spread from city to city, describing a new way of looking at living that addresses many of the most intractable challenges of our time. Hundreds of mayors worldwide have already embraced the concept as a way to help recover from the pandemic, and the idea continues to gain speed. You'll learn why more and more cities are planning to make cars far less necessary for contemporary city-dwellers and how they're planning to achieve that goal." --