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By Barbara ThorntonIn 1994 when Tom Murphy became Mayor of Pittsburgh, the city had been in decline for 50 years. He looked at his assets:300,000 residents (half of what it had been)Thousands of acres of empty or underutilized landA significantly...
Article - 08/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership
At a very basic level, any city project is really an investment: projects are designed to provide more in benefits than they cost to produce. That’s now how investors are starting to see city projects and they’re increasingly willing to fund them...
Article - 04/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Citizen engagement, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership
By Pratap Padode Smart Cities Council IndiaThe 2015-2016 Union Budget stayed away from using the term smart cities, unlike the one in 2014-2015 which made a special mention, but that doesn’t imply that the Indian government has lost interest in...
Article - 03/18/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership