Sarvadevabhatla, Pravalika and Ramesh, Nithya (2025) Redefining Livability through 15 Minute Neighbourhoods – An Approach to Enhance Quality of Life through Sustainable Mobility. URBAN INNOVATION: TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO CITIES HAVE GONE BEFORE. Medium sized cities and towns as a major arena of global urbanisation. Proceedings of REAL CORP 2025, 30th Intl. Conference on Urban Development, Regional Planning and Information Society. pp. 763-773. ISSN 2521-3938
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Abstract
Rapid urbanization in India has strained infrastructure, mobility, and public spaces, reducing urban livability. By 2050, over 800 million people are expected to live in Indian cities (Bhagat, 2015), worsening these challenges due to poor planning, outdated design standards, and capacity constraints. Cities like Bengaluru, on their growth trajectory, face severe challenges such as congestion, flooding, inadequate pedestrian infrastructure due to urbanisation imapcting the every day experience of citizens. Traditional top-down master planning prioritizes large-scale infrastructure but often overlooks localized, people-centric needs. A decentralized, neighbourhood-focused approach is essential to create sustainable, inclusive communities where the residents move, eat, play, and feel included. Using Nallurahalli, a mixed use neighbourhood in Bengaluru as a case study, this research applies a mixed-methods approach, including infrastructure benchmarking, user perception surveys, and mobility audits, to assess quality of life at a neighbourhood level. Findings highlight critical gaps in pedestrian infrastructure, last-mile connectivity, and public space accessibility, reinforcing the need for localized, neighbourhood-scale solutions – a gap effectively addressed through the 15-minute neighbourhood model. This study highlights the potential of 15-minute neighbourhoods to enhance mobility, reduce private vehicle dependence, and promote environmental sustainability. It offers a replicable, bottom-up planning model tailored to Indian cities, providing actionable strategies for policymakers to implement 15-minute neighbourhoods.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Walkability and Accessibility, Sustainable Mobility, Quality of life, Neighbourhood-level Planning, 15-Minute Neighbourhoods |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Depositing User: | REAL CORP Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2025 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2025 09:30 |
| URI: | http://repository.corp.at/id/eprint/1171 |
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