Author: Chasse Rehwinkel
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The Real Green Movement?: Taxation’s Impact on Fracking
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New research looks at local governments’ willingness to ban hydraulic fracturing based on their potential revenue.
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Ending Poverty? Modern Slums and Stagnation in Government Action
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Researchers find that the mechanisms behind past slum development success stories do not adequately translate to fixing slums in the modern developing world.
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Flipping the Script on What Causes City Green Initiatives
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Researchers find new data that contradict their previously held belief that cities push for community-wide green sustainability programs for their cost-saving benefits.
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Focus on Finance: Conservative Budgets in a Liberal City
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Seattle’s Director of Finance Glen Lee discusses Seattle’s conservative approach to municipal budgets and how it helped the City rebound after the recession.
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Worlds Collide: Using Fluid Dynamics to Solve Urban Traffic Woes
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Researchers point to a new way to analyze traffic congestion in growing cities.
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A New Kind of Deal: Developing Private-Public Partnerships in a Modern Chicago
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Chicago’s Commissioner of Transportation Gabe Klein talks about the role of private-public partnerships in cities today.