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Stephen Graham: "The Vertical Secession of the Elites: Understanding Urban Polarisation in Three Dimensions"

Stephen Graham is a scholar of cities and urban life. He is Professor of Cities and Society at Newcastle University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape. Prof. Graham’s…

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[Urban Futures Speaker Series] Financial Foundations for Thriving Communities with Shayne Kavanagh from GFOA

GFOA has been advancing a new formula for how local governments can maintain their financial health and thereby contribute to a thriving community. This new formula is based on a Nobel-prize winning…

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STRONG AMERICA: A BOTTOM-UP REVOLUTION TO REBUILD AMERICAN PROSPERITY

Strong Towns President, Chuck Marohn, gives a STRONG AMERICA: A BOTTOM-UP REVOLUTION TO REBUILD AMERICAN PROSPERITY presentation at the Urban Futures: Fall 2020 Virtual Talks series on November 17,…

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The City: Choice or Fate? Joe Minicozzi Urban Futures Talk Oct. 2020

Conversation on city design around matters that impact the climate, our health, or human equity rarely join up to meet at municipal cash flow. Yet it is the financial structures of economic policies…

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Dag Detter Talk: The Public Wealth of Cities [Urban Futures Lecture Series Fall 2020]

Cities need cash – a lot of it and as soon as possible -- to survive the grim fallout from COVID-19 and to be able to navigate toward recovery. The critical situation that they are facing…

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