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clusters would need a sort car-centric suburban areas momentum; more cities are
of deconstruction of the city, shaped by large schools, blind now embracing this model
improving diversity and box retail strips, and massive to support a deeper, stronger
lowering the unbalanced industrial and office parks, recovery from COVID-19
distribution of facilities all separated from each other and to help foster the more
between districts (Pisano, and connected by networks local, healthy and sustainable
2020). As Carlos Moreno, a of roads and parking way of life that many of their
Columbian scientist states infrastructure – The concrete citizens are calling for. Table
“there are six things that jungle. 1 gives an example of some
make an urbanite happy: of the Indian cities that have
dwelling in dignity, working The notion of “hyper agreed to convert themselves
in proper conditions, [being proximity” introduced by into 15-minute city. Under
able to gain] provisions, well- Carlos Moreno to express the the agenda for Green and
being, education and leisure. qualities of the 15-min city Just recovery from COVID19
To improve quality of life, seeks to bring back to the – C40 global mayors have
you need to reduce the access city level some of these uses come together to implement
radius for these functions” inserting them into a new 15-minute city (hyperlocal
(Moreno, Ted: Ideas worth social logic. During the recent neighbourhoods) (Apolitical,
Spreading, 2020). But Paris pandemic outbreak, several 2020). Hyperlocal is data
(105.4 sq. kms.) is a lot smaller more cities are coming up focused around a precisely
in comparison to Indian cities. with a motivation to convert well-defined community with
Our capital city, i.e., Delhi is their cities into 15-minute its primary focus directed
1484 sq. kms. and even the neighbourhoods. toward the concerns of the
smallest city in our country, 15-MINUTE population in that community
which is Sambalpur in Odisha NEIGHBOURHOOD (Researcher, 2020)
is 303 sq kms. So, in context
with Indian cities, we have to CONCENPT IN INDIAN The strategies that are required
work from the smallest unit CONTEXT to be implemented for
aka Neighbourhood level. In 2020, the 15-minute hyperlocal neighbourhoods
city concept has gained are:
That vow to fetch all
life’s essentials to each
neighbourhood means Table 1: Indian cities to convert themselves
creating a more cautiously into 15-minute city
integrated urban fabric,
where recreation center is CITY POPULATION AREA DENSITY
available at a much smaller (Sq Km) (Pers/ Sq Km)
scale as well, anonymous Delhi 30,291,000 1484 20411.7
centers available by accepting
that it is okay to live one day Jaipur 3,909,000 484.6 8066.4
at a time, where stores mix Kolkata 14,900,000 205 72682.9
with homes, bars mix with
health centers, and schools Bangalore 12,327,000 709 17386.5
with office buildings or
activity areas. The functional Chennai 10,900,000 426 25586.9
mix challenges especially the
Source: TIMESOFINDIA.COM, 2020

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