The City In The New Geography

Technology is fundamentally changing the environment in which cities and regions operate.

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April 26, 2002, 5:00 AM PDT

Reason Urban Futures Director Samuel Staley believes that, for cities to succeed, they must tap the benefits of technology and meet the challenges of unprecedented demographic mobility: "Technology's influence in shaping regions cant be ignored. It is fundamentally changing the environment in which cities operate. Cities and regions exist in an intensely competitive, globally interconnected world. Technologyhow regions use it, nurture it, and keep itis the one influence that continues to dominate the regional urban landscape and should continue to shape how we frame public policy on the local and regional level as well."

Thanks to George Passantino

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