What is a city? What do we mean when we describe something as urban? In what way should we build the city so that we can achieve a good environment for our own generation and for generations to come? These questions are constantly of interest and they are frequently discussed. It is also important to have considered these questions when working with city-planning. This essay contains a description of and reflections about the recurrent questions in today's debate about the city and city-planning. The time period that is focused on is from 2001-2006. The debaters ideas about the city's soul and its purpose, how it should be built, how we build sustainable cities and the importance of competitive cities are presented. The definitions o...