A review by betsyrisen
Shrink the City: The 15-Minute Urban Experiment and the Cities of the Future by Natalie Whittle

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

I found this book easily digestible and wide ranging for someone with at least a basic understanding of the underlying concepts.  But the whole thing did come off a bit like a commercial. In the preface, the author states that her background is in journalism. "Wherever I've presented a bias for or against the 15-minute city idea, I have done so with no greater authority than informed personal opinion." I would say that it does, as promised, "establish a broad base of history, influences, and ways of thinking about urban design" <-with you so far "to frame this debate more clearly in the urgent context of the climate crisis." And that's where you lost me. 

Maybe it was just too much information. Maybe it wasn't organized in a way I could fully take it in. I had thought that reading it as someone sort of in the same boat, if you will, as the author, would be enjoyable. Instead I think I came out of the experience more confused.