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Phoenix is Crane City

How to Fund City Growth? Value Capture

Governments should look to land value tax to fund large city-building projects.

March 4, 2014 - Future Cities

Why 'Google Buses' Are Bad for Cities

Tech buses deployed by companies like Google and Apple bring the benefit of more collective transportation. But there's an underlying dark side to these services that must be discussed.

February 26, 2014 - Future Cities

Shrinking Cities: The Antidote to Greenfield Development

Developers should be looking to shrinking cities like Detroit and Buffalo, not to greenfields, for future development.

February 21, 2014 - Future Cities

10 Tops on Twitter: Transportation

Interested in city transportation and mass transit? Here are the Top 10 accounts to follow on Twitter.

February 19, 2014 - Future Cities

San Antonio, Texas, Riverwalk, Evening

10 Unexpected Cities to Love

A valentine to ten cities around the world that are quietly creating urban paradigms to admire and emulate.

February 14, 2014 - Future Cities

City Visas: The Right Way to Lure Talent?

Should dying cities like Detroit get their own visa programs to attract skilled foreign workers? What about prosperous cities like New York and London?

February 13, 2014 - Future Cities

The Bean in Millenium Park

How People View Their Cities, in 30 Pictures

One of the best ways to gain citizens' perspectives of their cities is to see what they see, and how they see it. Here are 30 photos sent in by people from global cities that capture that point of view.

February 11, 2014 - Future Cities

La City Hall Cycling

8 New Jobs City Hall Needs Now

City Hall isn't what it once was. Here are eight new positions that your local government should be hiring for this year.

February 2, 2014 - Future Cities

What Can Ancient Cities Teach Modern Urbanites?

These 15 ancient cities can help modern urbanites plan more efficient and sustainable municipalities.

January 30, 2014 - Future Cities

Chicago's Data Projects: Overblown or On Target?

Chicago's big-data projects seem unwieldy, but there is a sound core plan informing them.

January 26, 2014 - Future Cities

How 6 Cities Won the 'Working Cities Challenge'

Cross-sector collaboration helped six Massachusetts cities share $1.8 million in grants this week.

January 19, 2014 - Future Cities

New York Sandy Power Outage

Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities: 33 Chosen, What's Next?

In December, the Rockefeller Foundation chose the first 33 cities to receive funding and support through its 100 Resilient Cities Challenge. Here's what comes next.

January 13, 2014 - Future Cities

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5 City IT Projects to Watch in 2014

Here are five urban IT projects that are set to win big this year -- and serve as examples for cities everywhere.

January 5, 2014 - Future Cities

Top 10 City Scandals of 2013

As we bid farewell to 2013, here are the Top 10 scandals that cast a negative light on some global cities this past year.

December 31, 2013 - Future Cities

5 Reasons Copenhagen is the EU's Green Capital

Next month, Copenhagen starts its year as European Green Capital. We run down five of the reasons it won the title -- with no references to cycling or Jan Gehl.

December 28, 2013 - Future Cities

8 Fat Cats Who Can Fund L.A.'s 'Great Streets' Initiative

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's "Great Streets" plan is long on vision, but short on budget details. Terry Sweeney identifies some wealthy locals who should be called on for help.

December 22, 2013 - Future Cities

City Cycling: Another Way Men and Women Differ

Researchers from City University in London have analyzed the ways men and women use the city's bike share scheme differently. Transport for London will use this information to plan better outreach.

December 19, 2013 - Future Cities

These 10 Countries Are Ready for Renewable Energy

The World Economic Forum has reported on the state of national energy networks around the world and which countries are doing the most to embrace renewable energy technology.

December 13, 2013 - Future Cities

Jan Gehl Laments 'Birdsh*t' Architecture

Jan Gehl argued at the Royal Institute of British Architects annual research symposium that architects and urban planners must do more research on how their schemes affect people.

December 8, 2013 - Future Cities

10 Lessons From 'Un-Smart' Cities

Technology company Ericsson has published its 2013 list of the world's cities with the best information and communications technology (ICT) networks, but there are also good things happening in the cities with the least developed networks.

November 29, 2013 - Future Cities

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