LCI: 15 Minute City Amenities

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
1	Urban amenities used in walkability and 15-minute city assessments
2	Compiled by Dan Luscher
3	The 15-Minute City Project
4	13 Oct 2021
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6	Category	Amenity	Dan Luscher	Walk Score	Globe and Mail	HERE app	Plan Melbourne	Hassell
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8	Food	Grocery store	1	x	x	x	x	x
9		Coffee shop / cafe	1	x
10		Restaurant	1	x
11		Bar	2	x
12	Health	Park	1	x		x	x	x
13		Pharmacy	1	x	x		x
14		Urgent care clinic	2			x
15		Doctor's office	3			x	x	x
16		Dentist, optometrist	3
17		Fitness center		x
18	Children	Child care facility	1		x
19		Primary school	1	x	x	x	x	x
20		Playground	1				x
21	Transport / social infra	Public transit stop	1		x	x	x	x
22		Library	2	x	x		x
23		Bikeshare station	2
24	Shopping	Hardware store	3	x
25		Clothing/music store		x
26	Entertainment	Book store		x
27		Movie theater		x
28		Cultural attraction				x
29	Other	Coworking space	2
30		Employment opportunities					x	x
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33	SOURCES
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35	Dan Luscher	My own 15-Minute City Project list based on this analysis; a work in progress. Divided into 3 priority levels: 1 are "must-haves" 2 are frequently used but less critical 3 are "nice-to-have" amenities used less frequently
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37	Walk Score	Validation of Walk Score for estimating access to walkable amenities, Lucas Carr et al, British Journal of Sports Medicine, November 2011.
38		https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20418525/
39		Amenity categories used in Walk Score calculation.
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41	Globe and Mail	The 15-minute city aims to build more liveable neighbourhoods. In Canada, only 23 per cent of urban dwellers live in this type of area. Globe and Mail, November 23, 2020.
42		https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-when-it-comes-to-liveable-neighbourhoods-theres-a-wide-divide-in/
43		Amenities listed here are those that the Globe and Mail analysis defines as being within 1.5km of a resident.
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45	HERE app	HERE 15-minute city mapping app
46		https://app.developer.here.com/15-min-city-map/
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48	Plan Melbourne	Plan Melbourne 20-minute neighborhood features
49		https://www.planning.vic.gov.au/policy-and-strategy/planning-for-melbourne/plan-melbourne/20-minute-neighbourhoods
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51	Hassell	Close to Home: Exploring 15-Minute Urban Living in Ireland. Hassell for Irish Institutional Property, October 2021.
52	[added 9 May 2022]	https://www.hassellstudio.com/research/close-to-home-exploring-15-minute-urban-living-in-ireland-and-beyond#0
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