The ideal of the 20 minute neighbourhood could bring proven social and economic benefits to Melbourne’s urban fringes, says planning expert Carolyn Whitzman. She outlines a research project that looked at how poor transport and urban design in the burgeoning City of Wyndham limit
access to good health, education and jobs….

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Carolyn Whitzman is a Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne. Danita Tucker, Andrew Bishop, Andreanne Doyon, Cait Jones, Tamara Lowen, Elissa McMillan are tutors for Cities: from Local to Global. They also contributed to this article, which is based on a paper presented at the 6th State of Australian Cities Conference, held in Sydney in November 2013.