Urban Planning Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “I haven't got a heart: only the former site of one, with a monument there to say that it has been removed and the area it occupied turned into a public garden, in pursuance of the slum-clearance scheme.”

T.E. Lawrence

Emotional Detachment, Metaphor, Urban Planning, Self-perception, Cynicism

2. “The City was the acme of efficiency, but it made demands of its inhabitants. It asked them to live in a tight routine and order their lives under a strict and scientific control.”

Isaac Asimov

Urban Planning, Scientific Control, Routine Living, Efficiency, City, Order

3. “Hippodamus, son of Euryphon, a native of Miletus, invented the art of planning and laid out the street plan of Piraeus.”

Aristotle

Urban Planning, Street Design, Ancient Engineering, City Architecture, Planning Innovation

4. “A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.”

Aristotle

Urban Greatness, City Quality, Population Distinction, Civic Excellence, Urban Planning

5. “The single most important thing a city can do is provide a community where interesting, smart people want to live with their families.”

Malcolm Gladwell

Urban Planning, Community, Smart Cities, Lifestyle, Family

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