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“One implication is that strategic positions should have a horizon of a decade or more, not of a single planning cycle. Continuity fosters improvements…

— Michael E. Porter

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

Some remain great cities, but they shouldn't stand still. They should move in the direction of a knowledge-oriented society. Most cities have to do…

— Charles Landry

“Cities require connectivity rather than territory in order to drive their economic stability and growth.”

— James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

Cities need to reinvent themselves in order to stay alive.

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

Cities never flourish alone. They have to be trading with other cities. My new hypothesis shows why. But also in trading with each other…

— Jane Jacobs

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

Every city is either vibrant these days or is working on a plan to attain vibrancy soon. The reason is simple: a city isn't…

— Thomas Frank

Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“But ideal cities are very much the product of their own ages. Designed as complete urban statements, they bear the unmistakable imprint of their…

— Anonymous

I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center.

— Eli Broad

The most dynamic cities have always been immersed in the critical innovations of their time.

— Geoff Mulgan