Yang, Jiajie (2026) Mapping 15-Minute Walkable Accessibility of Public Services in China’s 11 National Urban Agglomerations: A Data-Driven Spatial Coverage Assessment. EVERYBODY PLANS ... SOMETIMES. Cherish Heritage, Plan Now, Create a Better Future! Proceedings of REAL CORP 2026, 31st International Conference on Urban Development, Regional Planning and Information Society. pp. 1179-1183. ISSN 2521-3938
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Abstract
Cities worldwide are increasingly embracing the idea of the “15-minute city” as a pathway to more liveable, equitable and climate-responsive urban environments. This vision emphasizes walkable access to daily services, local resilience, and low-carbon lifestyles – features that have proven valuable in managing urban pressures and supporting recovery during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. In China, rapid urbanization and growing challenges such as air pollution, mobility congestion and widening social disparities have intensified the need for people-oriented, energy-efficient urban development. Responding to this, China’s Ministry of Natural Resources issued the Spatial Planning Guidance for Community Life Units (2021), which provides a standardized framework for planning 15-minute walkable living areas and outlines spatial assessment methods for essential public service facilities. Building upon this framework, this study conducts a comprehensive, data-driven evaluation of 13 categories of urban–rural public services across 170 cities within China’s 11 national urban agglomerations. Using high-resolution POI datasets and GIS-based network analysis, we measure and visualize the 15-minute walkable service coverage of each facility type, generating a comparative landscape across cities, across agglomerations, and within each urban agglomeration. The analysis reveals spatial disparities in service provision, diverse facility configuration patterns, and distinctive intra-agglomeration hierarchies. The resulting visual “coverage mode maps” provide an intuitive tool for identifying local deficiencies and strengths, offering actionable insights for planners and policymakers seeking to promote climate-adaptive, resilient and low-carbon urban futures.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 15-minute city, Walkable accessibility, Public service facilities, Urban agglomerations, Spatial coverage assessment |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications T Technology > T Technology (General) |
| Depositing User: | The CORP Team |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2026 20:00 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Apr 2026 20:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.corp.at/id/eprint/1391 |
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