The 15-Minute City in Barcelona
15-Minute City
The 15-minute city defines accessibility in walkable distances and measures the proximity of everyday facilities and services.
Barcelona has high levels of proximity. 66% of the urban core has basic urban facilities and services within a 15-minute walk. The major exceptions are the industrial zone near the port (Zona Franca) and the city limits on the mountain slopes of Collserola and Montjuïc, where access time to daily activities exceeds 20 minutes.
What does the 15-minute city depend on?
The 15-minute city is the average walking distance to various facilities (care, education, provisioning, leisure and culture, and public and active transport).
Care Facilities
38.5% of Barcelona has care facilities within a 15-minute walk. The city has a polycentric distribution of health centers, day care centers and social services. The periphery registers low accessibility values.
Educational Facilities
The 15-minute educational city is made up of 73.5% of Barcelona’s surface area. All neighborhoods have several high value nodes. Low values are found in Parc de Poblenou, Maternitat, Bon Pastor and in the periphery.
Provisioning Facilities
63% of Barcelona has provisioning services within a 15-minute walk. The city has a center-periphery distribution of these facilities. The hills of the northern half and the periphery register low accessibility values.
Leisure and Cultural Facilities
64% of Barcelona has a cultural, sports or leisure facility within a 15-minute walk. The city has a polycentric distribution of leisure and cultural facilities. Low values are concentrated in the periphery and central neighborhoods of the city.
Public and Active Transport Facilities
81% of Barcelona has a public transport station or bicycle within a 15-minute walk. These facilities are unevenly distributed. The highest values are concentrated along axes that cross the city both from east to west and transversally. The periphery and the hills of Carmel and Guinardó have low accessibility values.
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