This is an excellent talk from the Urban Institute on our new world and what it portends for cities and metropolitan areas.
A Nation in Transition: America in the Urban Age
In an address to a gathering of the Urban Age forum in New York City, Bruce Katz argues that contrary to popular opinion, the United States exemplifies the world's drive towards urbanization, and that to remain prosperous, the U.S. must recognize the central lesson of the Urban Age: that the ability of the U.S., or any nation, to compete globally and meet the great environmental and social challenges of our time rests largely on the health and vitality of major cities and metropolitan areas.
