Build Quote by Ban Ki-moon

Cities are important because that's where the majority of the world's population lives and an even bigger share of the global economy resides.

— Jens Martin Skibsted

As the world's 'most dynamic' cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer. Our mayors…

— Robert Hormats

Cities are the origins of global warming, impact on the environment, health, pollution, disease, finance, economies, energy are all problems that are confronted by…

— Geoffrey West

Cities are central to the shaping and delivery of national policy objectives, and in return, they are the places where social, environmental, and economic…

— Mark Walport

The main issue of cities is to tackle climate change and it is the issue of the current and next generations. Sustainability cannot be…

— Park Won-soon

“Individual cities that now do the same thing can reap the benefits. So this isn’t complicated: the most educated people who plug into the…

— Thomas L. Friedman

Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.

— Jane Jacobs

Cities are responsible for the vast majority of the creation of the economy. They're also places into which we pour the vast majority of…

— Alex Steffen

Cities generate most of the global economy, and most of its energy use, resource demands and climate emissions. How we build cities over the…

— Alex Steffen

Cities offer us powerful leverage on our most stubborn, wasteful practices. Long commutes in our cars, big power bills from our energy-hogging buildings, shopping…

— Alex Steffen

All through organized history, if you wanted prosperity you had to have cities. Cities are places that attract new people with new ideas.

— Jane Jacobs

Cities should function more like ecosystems, or even metabolisms. When we build, we should be thinking about how we can integrate into the ecosystems…

— Annalee Newitz