Presentation of Feasibility Model of the 20-minute Neighborhood as a New Paradigm of the Future City using a Grounded Theory Method (Case study: Kermanshah Metropolis)

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1 Associate professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanities, Sayyed Jamaleddin Asadabadi University, Asadabad, Iran

2 Bachelor Student, Department of Architectural Engineering, Women University of Ali Shariati, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The city of the future is based on proximity, digitalization, pedestrian-centricity, and support for local life. The purpose of the present study is to provide a paradigmatic model presentation of the reliability of the 20-minute neighborhood as a new paradigm of the future city in the Kermanshah metropolis. The present qualitative study was conducted using the Strauss and Corbin grounded theory method. The statistical population includes elites of Kermanshah province in the fields of urban development, urban planning, architecture, urban sociology, etc. The sample size includes 15 people who were selected using purposive sampling. The snowball sampling method was used in the interviews until theoretical saturation was reached. The results of the study indicate that the model of the reliability of the 20-minute neighborhood as a new paradigm of the future city in the Kermanshah metropolis has 38 axial codes and six selective codes. Therefore, the data-based model includes background conditions (climate change, epidemics, environmental pollution, and high energy consumption), causal conditions (health, economic, social, and environmental), focal categories (zoning patterns, accessibility patterns, densities and multi-use, proximity, human and service density, and local services and facilities), intervening conditions (behavior and environment, social cohesion, compact urban design, mixed use, public transport network, innovation and technology, and tourism development), strategies (policy-making, bringing facilities and services to the neighborhood, connecting neighborhoods through public and active transport, encouraging public participation and changing behavior, social justice, low or zero carbon emissions, data-driven planning approach, target-based radius, and place-based), and outcomes (safe, accessible and well-connected streets, dynamic and thriving local economies, diversity of services and destinations, climate resilience, solidarity and security, public realm with high quality, and densities support vitality).

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Urban Structure and Function Studies
Volume 12, Issue 3
June 2025
Pages 177-205

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  • Receive Date: 17 January 2025
  • Revise Date: 14 February 2025
  • Accept Date: 19 February 2025

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