Al-Waleed bin Talal Quotes

There are many beautiful and resource-rich areas all over the Philippines that are still undeveloped or under-developed. These areas offer opportunities for better master-planning and the emergence of better communities as well as cities.

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

The Dallas model, prominent in the South and Southwest, sees a growing population as a sign of urban health. Cities liberally permit housing construction to accommodate new residents. The Los Angeles model, common on the West Coast and in the Northeast Corridor, discourages growth by limiting new housing.

Fifty years ago people were talking about Sydney's sprawl, but nobody does anything about it.

The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York, London or Tokyo.

As mayor of San Francisco, I will provide the vision and work hard to make San Francisco a beautiful, well-planned city with excellent housing and transportation options.

Exciting cities stay exciting, and boring cities stay boring.

Urbanization is the dominant demographic trend of our time.

Bundling finance, energy solutions, water solutions, traffic infrastructure, and all general urban infrastructures is too much of an ask for most developing cities.

Cities around the United States do not have land use planning like we have in Oregon, and they are all struggling with issues like affordable housing.

Long commutes and traffic jams once associated with older, established cities such as London, New York or Tokyo are spreading throughout the world's emerging economies.

Let's make Oakland a model city.

I don't want to be nostalgic for some kind of laid-back Austin where nothing was happening.

I used to walk in the Bowery in the early 1980s, and it was not safe. It went from this to Disneyland under Giuliani and Bloomberg. This is now one of the best-run big cities in the world.

Infrastructure deficit is an issue in all urban areas.

I think Giuliani started a trend that Bloomberg continued with rampant gentrification, and I think it's tough because why would any city choose not to do that?

When one deals with urban issues, one never deals with clear black-and-white issues; they're all trade-offs. Important urban issues present conflicting values.

I believe London is the city New York wants to be when it grows up. I love the wealth of cultural resources that a city of that size can offer. I also believe I don't have to sacrifice all of my standards for human behavior to avail myself of them.

We need a system where some politicians - who quite rightly respond to the public mood - are prepared to stand up in favour of housebuilding, so I came up with a system that gives local people something they really want in return for building more homes. In our case in Hatfield, it's a new town centre.

Urban planning should be done with the mindset that we are determining the city's fabric for 100 years to come.

I think, with Wi-Fi, we'll make L.A. a better place for our constituents.

I don't want to bring a European city or an east-coast city to the West Coast.

I heard that Hubballi-Dharwad is going to be a Smart City. But it should ensure the sense of community and love is not lost.

I am committed to ensuring that, as Portland grows, the things we love about our city grow along with us.

Visit any of the fastest growing parts of the world and you will find investment in infrastructure.