{"id":362,"date":"2026-07-14T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hesstonia.com\/?p=362"},"modified":"2026-07-08T22:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:42:07","slug":"new-article-about-planning-for-15-minute-cities-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hesstonia.com\/?p=362","title":{"rendered":"New article about planning for ’15 minute cities’ in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The aim of this article is to examine the provisions of the Polish \u201cBig Five\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urban Development Strategies with respect to their incorporation of the<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15-minute city assumptions. In all the cases examined, the documents clearly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

reference the 15-minute city assumptions in various aspects and to varying<\/p>\n\n\n\n

degrees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here to read the full article published in Technical Transactions.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The analyses conducted indicate the significant value of the spatial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

regulations of the strategies under review, which included actions aimed at<\/p>\n\n\n\n

limiting urban sprawl, diversifying functions, and improving broadly understood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

access to space and resources. Collectively, the strategies address climate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

change (air, water, climate protection), tourism development, cultural heritage,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and maintaining (and improving) the quality of life. The embedded planning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

strategies emphasize growing land-use conflicts and intense development<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The aim of this article is to examine the provisions of the Polish \u201cBig Five\u201d Urban Development Strategies with respect to their incorporation of the 15-minute city assumptions. In all the cases examined, the documents clearly reference the 15-minute city assumptions in various aspects and to varying degrees. Click here to read the full article … Continue reading New article about planning for ’15 minute cities’ in Poland<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71bvo-5Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175,"url":"https:\/\/www.hesstonia.com\/?p=175","url_meta":{"origin":362,"position":0},"title":"New publication in Planning Perspectives","author":"dbhess","date":"August 15, 2017","format":"image","excerpt":"Revisiting the role of architects in planning large-scale housing in the\u00a0USSR: the birth of socialist residential districts in Tallinn, Estonia,\u00a01957\u20131979\u00a0(2017). 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