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http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/cities-split-rate-property-taxes-value-capture-land-value-Innovation-lab
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Next City
A new report from the Center for an Urban Future and NYU’s Wagner Innovation Lab highlights 25 policy ideas that are good for American cities. We closely examine one, the split-rate property tax, from Harrisburg and other Pennsylvania cities.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdvYcWxycgY
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VICE News
New York City cars will soon have to pay a fee to drive downtown. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for m...
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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/12/new-york-city-is-getting-some-tech-upgrades.html
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New York Magazine
From smarter buses to a revolutionary Wi-Fi system.
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-welcome-to-shanghai-the-capital-of-the-future/
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The Globe And Mail
Shanghai, one of the planet’s most populous urban centres, is growing at breakneck speed. But thanks to decades of planning, they’re doing it right. The city is destined for global supremacy
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RftqoygXXHk
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Vox
It’s mostly about economic development. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Starting in the late 20th century, modern streetcar proposals started ...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b07eafPe7pY&feature=youtu.be
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Economics Explained
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http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/reverb-evolution-architectural-acoustics/
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99 Percent Invisible
There are two primary ways to control the sound of a space: active acoustics and passive acoustics. Passive acoustics are the materials in a space, like the padding in our studio or wooden floors or plaster walls. Materials like carpeting and drapery soak up sound, while materials like glass and porcelain make a room more echoey. Active
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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gxy9/the-broken-algorithm-that-poisoned-american-transportation-v27n3
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Vice
For the last 70 years, American transportation planners have been using the same model to decide what to build. There’s just one problem: it’s often wrong.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-china-embrace-uneasily-aim-desirable-world-order-n910116
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NBCnews
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Incorporating sensors and devices that use cloud computing systems into municipal services and infrastructure has opened up endless possibilities, ranging from real-time control of electricity and traffic lights to improved emergency response times.
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Automobile big data can augment and supplement vehicle reliability, user experience, and car safety.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/10/28/the-future-of-innovation-belongs-to-the-mega-city
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Washington Post
New York and Los Angeles are poised to become the nation’s innovation leaders.
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http://www.designcurial.com/news/seeing-into-the-future-of-skyscraper-design-4741201/
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Designcurial
As we reach the final stage to our future cities tri-series, we consider part three: vertical cities.Read parts one and two.Much like the growing number of skyscrapers in the world today, this...
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/carlschramm/2013/05/14/its-time-for-city-planners-to-adapt-a-new-model/#40d603207b86
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Forbes
'Build It and They Will Come' is an impoverishing fallacy.
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https://www.fastcompany.com/90455739/mathematicians-have-solved-traffic-jams-and-theyre-begging-cities-to-listen
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Fast Company
Mathematicians are unimpressed by engineers’ solutions.
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https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-covid-19-urban-planning-health/
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Wired
The Covid-19 crisis is an opportunity to rethink how cities are designed—and make them better equipped to stop disease from spreading.
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https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/28/timberscrapers-dominate-urban-skylines/
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Engadget
They just don't make 'em like the Sakyamuni Pagoda anymore. Built from wood in 1056 in the Shanxi province of China, the building has remained standing to this day, despite seven earthquakes rattling the region within its first 50 years of existence. Since then, it's held up against a slew of seismic events, even when more-modern structures have failed. Now, thanks to recent advancements in timber
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https://issuu.com/unhabitat/docs/soecit_eng_websmall
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UN-Habitat
The transitional European countries are now in different stages of their transition to prosperous, just and democratic societies. As we look at the challenges of the future, The State of European Cities in Transition 2013 offers insight and analysis ...
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https://qz.com/1189263/michael-bloombergs-foundation-says-these-nine-american-cities-are-revolutionizing-how-data-can-improve-lives/
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Quartz
Bloomberg Philanthropies has honored nine cities for using data to improve their residents' lives, and Los Angeles tops the list.
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https://www.stratfor.com/analysis/russias-relationship-china-grows-slowly
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Stratfor
Major deals between the countries are moving at a glacial pace, in part because of changing economic conditions.
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https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jan/08/how-an-emerging-african-megacity-cut-commutes-by-two-hours-a-day-dar-es-salaam
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The Guardian
The next 15 megacities #2: Could Dar es Salaam’s experiment with Africa’s first ‘gold standard’ bus rapid transit system offer an alternative to a future dependent on private cars?
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https://www.ft.com/content/e36ba45e-f973-11e9-a354-36acbbb0d9b6
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Financial Times
Algorithmic modelling offers new blueprint for smart building creation