Cities inevitably, consistently, and dispiritingly punch below their weight politically. City-dwellers, as such, have almost no say in national politics, and invariably end up subsidizing the increasingly-anachronistic lifestyles of their rural compatriots.
A Sustainable Streets program will be launched in Peregian June 28 with the Green Sunshine project rallying participants for the Living Smart Homes Program.
The producers of the Creative Cities Summit 2.0 (CCS2) announced the participation of Dr. Richard Florida as a special lunch keynote speaker for Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The Richard Florida inspired Noosa Creative Alliance Catalyst program is making headway with plans to promote creative industries across the Sunshine Coast.
Ken Gray examines how Ottawa performs on urban critic Richard Florida’s guide to choosing your home
Richard Florida on NPR says many of us have the freedom and economic means to choose our place — and the opportunity to find the place that fits us best is even more important than choosing a career or even a spouse.
“Who’s Your City” is about the places we choose to live and about how we have considerable opportunity to think strategically about this life decision.
What matters now is quality of place, defined as the intersection of three key elements of our cities: what’s there, who’s there and what’s going on.
A mega-region needs to think and act like a mega-region, not like a bunch of separate cities with empty space between them.
According to American sociologist Richard Florida, it was the “creative class” that swung victory for Barack Obama in the recent US Democratic nominations.
