The 15-Minute City in Granada
15-Minute City
The 15-minute city defines accessibility in walkable distances and measures the proximity of everyday facilities and services.
Granada is a city of proximity. 75% of the urban core has basic urban facilities and services within a maximum of 15 minutes on foot. Only the peripheral neighborhoods in the north and southeast have very low values.
What does the 15-minute city depend on?
The 15-Minute City is the average walking distance to various facilities (healthcare, education, provisioning, leisure and culture, and public and active transportation).
Healthcare facilities
75% of Granada has healthcare facilities within a 15-minute walking distance. The city has a polycentric distribution of health centers, day centers, and social services. The periphery registers low accessibility values.
Educational Facilities
75.5% of Granada has educational facilities within a 15-minute walk. These are distributed unevenly throughout the city. The highest values are found in the north, center and south of the city. Accessibility to education is low in the periphery.
Provisioning facilities
65% of Granada has access to provisioning services within a 15-minute walking distance. Access to these establishments follows a center-periphery pattern. The highest values are found in the city center and the south, particularly in the neighborhoods of Centro, Fígares, and Zaidín. The north and the city’s outskirts have the lowest values.
Leisure and Cultural Facilities
77% of Granada has access to leisure and cultural facilities within a 15-minute walking distance. These facilities are unevenly distributed throughout the city, following a polycentric pattern. The highest values are found in the neighborhoods of Fígares and Zaidín (south), Chana (northwest), and San Ildefonso (northeast). Accessibility is low in the outskirts.
Public and Active Transport Facilities
75% of Granada has access to public and active transport stations within a 15-minute walking distance. The distribution of these facilities is uneven and is marked by a north-south axis of high accessibility along the western side of the city.
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