Municipal Strategies for Local Living: Engineering the X-Minute City

Call for papers

Municipal Strategies for Local Living: Engineering the X-Minute City

JOURNAL NAME: Municipal Engineer

PUBLISHER: ICE Publishing (Institution of Civil Engineers)

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 1 May 2026

FULL PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30 September 2026

About This Special Issue

The X-Minute City is an adaptable concept for infrastructure and urban design that encourages fair and equitable access to urban facilities through active mobility — walking or cycling — and public transport. Grounded in neighbourhood proximity models and chrono-urbanism, this concept aims to improve accessibility and quality of life, reduce dependency on private cars, and build more sustainable urban environments.

This special issue seeks to examine real-world applications, innovative implementation strategies, and methodological advances that support the deployment of the X-Minute City across diverse urban contexts. It will bring together scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to define how municipal engineering can contribute to the creation of inclusive, resilient, and time-efficient cities — where opportunity is a function of design rather than geography.

Scope & Theme Areas

We invite conceptual, empirical, and policy-oriented submissions addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:

• Infrastructure planning for active transport modes

• Retrofitting car-centric areas for active mobility

• Land use planning and zoning strategies

• Streetscapes and public space design towards local living

• Health and environmental benefit outcomes linked to proximity and active mobility

• Socioeconomic impacts of local living models

• Chrono-urbanism frameworks and methodologies

• Case studies of X-Minute Cities from around the world

• The role of local governments and municipal plans

• Public participation and community engagement methods

• Legal and regulatory challenges in implementation

• Multimodal transportation integration strategies

Guest Editors

João Pedro Medina Monteiro Eduardo Manuel Ferreira Almeida da Natividade de Jesus Nuno Miguel Marques de Sousa Seungjae Lee

Key Deadlines & Dates

Submission Guidelines

How to submit: Abstracts and manuscripts must be submitted via the River Valley online portal, strictly following the journal's author guidelines. At the appropriate submission step, authors must select the special issue title from the drop-down menu.

Submission portal: https://ice-review.rivervalley.io/journal/jmuen

Eligibility: Submitted articles must not have been previously published, nor should they be under consideration for publication elsewhere while under review.

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