Finance

public-private partnership

In spite of the ambiguity that results from adding more stakeholders to the park planning and management process, private partnerships are resulting not only in more dollars for parks but a keener sense of management for parks.[read more]

Nottingham's forest plans

In the United Kingdom, Nottingham currently boasts the Kingdom’s top green space ranking. However, its lack of vision to make parks more attractive could be hurting the city financially in the long term.[read more]

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Over the last 20 years investment companies have come to dominate the real estate investment and development landscape. But this was not always the case. Prior to the mid-1980s, most funding for real estate came from local people.[read more]

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Superstorm Sandy left New York, Atlantic City and other municipalities damaged but not dead. One of the interesting facets as these cities rebuild is the push to do it sustainably.[read more]

measuring wealth

Over the past few years it has become increasingly acknowledged that measurements such as gross domestic product (GDP) and the human development index (HDI) do not adequately capture the wealth of a country.[read more]

urban research

Institutions are forever trying to build toolkits to bolster resilience, establish sustainability, or ensure economic development. But development interventions, such as technology and business incubators are often formulaic.[read more]

Rio's new bus system

In anticipation of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, host city Rio de Janeiro is hard at work expanding and improving its transportation infrastructure and urban environs for the influx of athletes, fans, and visitors.[read more]

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Companies that know how to develop talent in the places where it is produced will have a huge edge. These days, every community has a talent attraction/retention strategy. Few, if any, have a talent export strategy.[read more]

avoiding foreclosure

One of the major factors dragging the pace of the recovery is the high number of underwater mortgages. Unless and until America solves its housing problem once and for all, it’s difficult to imagine an economy that truly feels like a recovery.[read more]

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The inward flow of mainland Chinese is a stark reminder of how migration connects two places. It isn't a zero-sum game. Vancouver and Hong Kong are even closer.[read more]

2011 was the first year that the larger property and casualty industry returned to growth, having just ended four years of general decline, the longest continuous down period since the Great Depression. But no one was exactly ecstatic.[read more]

Toronto, as in Portland?

Flooding the job market with graduates without helping steer them to opportunities is no recipe for success. In and of itself, retaining talent fixes nothing. The Talent Dividend is a boondoggle.[read more]