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InPUT

InPUT

InPUT is a European research project that explores how principles of proximity, accessibility and liveability can be extended across European peri-urban areas and endorsed by local societies. We aim to develop fairer and more cohesive territories.

The InPUT project team had its consortium meeting in Antwerp. With several work sessions, events with local organizations, and visits to peri-urban locations, it was a very productive meeting as we move forward to complete the first work package report.

Urban interventions emerging from the 15-minute city concept have been successful in cities around the world, improving quality of life for many people. But why should such models be implemented only in the places most suited to receive them? Peri-urban areas, typically sprawling, low-density settlements situated in-between cities, often lack nearby amenities, services and transportation networks. They tend to have fragmented spatial structures and their governance resources and community aspirations may differ from large core cities. Therefore, it is crucial to extend the ideas of the 15-minute city to these locations where implementation might be more difficult but interventions to improve accessibility, proximity and quality of life might be more urgent.

How we work in InPUT

The project works with local stakeholders in order to identify their spatial, functional and mobility needs, institutional resources and community aspirations.

That knowledge is shared with local actors and used to co-design spatial visions and strategic transformations that enable more liveable peri-urban environments.

Meanwhile, the project develops tools and criteria to evaluate the performance of these visions along principles of wellbeing, sustainability and inclusion.

Consortium

This project is primarily concerned with clarifying how the principles of the 15-minute city can be rolled out across European peri-urban areas, providing both conceptual models transferable between locations sharing similar challenges and practical visions grounded in specific sites. For that purpose we work with academic and policy partners in the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Portugal.

In other words, our goal is to democratize the 15-minute city.