Paris Resilience Strategy & 15-minute city policies

Core idea

Proximity services & school streets

Why it matters

Worldwide policy reference

Description

Paris's resilience strategy and '15-minute city' policies (from 2020), championed by Mayor Anne Hidalgo and theorist Carlos Moreno, aim to make daily needs reachable within a short walk or cycle, through bike lanes, school-streets, greening, and decentralized services.

Significance

Paris turned the 15-minute city from concept into headline policy for a major capital, making proximity the organizing goal of urban life and accelerating a global, post-pandemic rethink of how cities are structured.

What shaped it

• The 15-Minute City (2016)
• 15-minute city policies (2020)
• COVID-19 reshapes the city (2020)
• Urban resilience (2013)

Plans it influenced

• Edmonton City Plan 2020 (2020)
• Bogotá Barrios Vitales (2020–)
• Lisbon Cyclability & PT Corridors Plan (2020–)

Sources

• https://www.wri.org/insights/paris-15-minute-city
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15-minute_city