Economic Quote by Jane Jacobs

I think that part of the growing popularity of the New Urbanism is not simply because it is so rational, and not simply because…

— Jane Jacobs

We would like to have a great future, so we need to think about the urban philosophy, the urban problems, and the construction of…

— Burhan Sonmez

There's something really interesting about current urbanism: the only model is the universal model, and there is increasingly incapacity to consider the virtues and…

— Rem Koolhaas

[Urbanization] is the inevitable outcome of the processes of growth and the processes of modernization.

— Manmohan Singh

Urbanization is not about simply increasing the number of urban residents or expanding the area of cities. More importantly, it's about a complete change…

— Li Keqiang

This is a pivotal time for urban regeneration. We must take a long term view.

— Richard Rogers

We've gone through the urban renewal cycle in the '60s and '70s that really did a lot of damage to the fabric of urban…

— David Byrne

I'm not one of these people who thinks everything in the past is great and everything modern is terrible. But I do think cities…

— Marc Almond

The fortunate and successful New Urbanists will be the ones who can find local infill projects in small towns and small cities associated with…

— James Howard Kunstler

This urbanization that's taking place around the world is very real. But if it's people that are seeking an urbanized environment out of desperation,…

— Mick Cornett

When urbanity decays, civilization suffers and decays with it.

— James Norman Hall

But look what we have built low-income projects that become worse centers of delinquency, vandalism and general social hopelessness than the slums they were…

— Jane Jacobs