The City’s Form and Function – 2016

The City’s Form and Function – 2016 is evolving based on global access to the new global economy. The annual essay about the form and function of small cities and towns builds on the two previous efforts. The 2014 essay discussed the importance of balancing the town’s economic, social and physical attributes to produce a city that is an interesting, pleasant and prosperous place to live. The 2015 edition added urbanism to sustainability and echoed the professional literature’s advancement to sustainable urbanism as a useful approach for planning, designing and building a character town. The 2016 article builds on the 2014 and 2015 versions and adds the idea that small cities and towns as highly suitable locations for for global business. Entrepreneurs, private, institutional and public, now have the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of small town living when the small city or town has broad band internet services that enables connection to global systems of finance, trade and entertainment. Small cities and towns are great locations for people and businesses associated with the New Innovation Economy.

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