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I think ultimately, bringing more nature back into the city is a way to deal with urban sprawl and things like that. If the…

— Stone Gossard

We have good examples of successful adaptation to rising sea levels. The Netherlands became a wealthy nation despite having one-third of its landmass below…

— Michael Shellenberger

In the decades to come, the successful places will tend to be the smaller traditional towns and cities with viable farming hinterlands.

— James Howard Kunstler

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

— Manmohan Singh

Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind…

— James Weldon Johnson

I think it's good if areas get upgraded and gentrified, as long as the people who always lived there can stay. But they get…

— Zaha Hadid

I think massive migration is inevitable. As sea levels rise, as climate change happens, as fertile fields become arid, as wars are fought, people…

— Mohsin Hamid

I am a village boy, and Amsterdam for me was always the big town.

— Anton Corbijn

As far as population size goes, big is no longer important, and it can even be a drawback. In fact, the future belongs more…

— Charles Landry

Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, congestion in cities. But geography, if used correctly,…

— Jack Dangermond

I wish people would take more care of the countryside.

— Kevin Whately

In urbanization, you think big because you are thinking decades ahead.

— Kushal Pal Singh