At first glance, the 15-minute city may seem like just another urban planning trend. But when we examine it through the lens of ecosystem health, it becomes clear that this concept aims to heal the "fragmented habitat" of modern life. It encourages us to move away from the rigid, car-centric sprawl that has acted like concrete scar tissue on our landscapes. Instead, it promotes a model that mimics the vibrant, self-contained nodes of a healthy forest. The Urban "Micro-Habitat