City on the Gulf: Koolhaas Lays Out a Grand Urban Experiment in Dubai (The New York Times, 3 maart 2008)

It has been 12 years since the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas unleashed his concept of “the generic city,” a sprawling metropolis of repetitive buildings centered on an airport and inhabited by a tribe of global nomads with few local loyalties. His argument was that in its profound sameness, the generic city was a more accurate reflection of contemporary urban reality than nostalgic visions of New York or Paris.

Cyberpunk cities – Science fiction meets urban theory (Carl Abbott)

A reading of important cyberpunk novels shows the way in which the ideas of formal urban theory, such as the idea of global cities, cities as communication systems, and the Los Angeles school of urban studies, have been incorporated into this facet of popular culture.

Lewis Mumford – “What is a city?”

The city, as one finds it in history, is the point of maximum concentration for the power and culture of a community.