Entries by Mark Alan Hughes | Next City
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WAYS & MEANS: Toward Sustainable Energy for All
At a United Nations panel this week, our columnist answered some questions about how to achieve a future of sustainable energy for everyone in Philadelphia and beyond. He gives his answers at length here.
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WAYS & MEANS: Anticipating the Backlash to Property Tax Reform
The Pew Charitable Trusts releases a report giving some background to the Actual Value Initiative, a potential reform to Philadelphia’s property tax and assessment system.
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WAYS & MEANS: A Behind-the-Scenes Leader Takes Center Stage
Our columnist’s love letter to Philadelphia Water Department Commissioner Howard Neukrug.
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WAYS & MEANS: Second-Term Sustainability
A carbon tax is the biggest step the federal government can take toward a more sustainable future, but mayors can help us get there by acting on the local level.
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WAYS & MEANS: Another Election
It’s Election Day and we are all thinking about what makes for strong leadership. Here in Philadelphia, we have Mayor Michael Nutter to examine as a case study.
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WAYS & MEANS: Realizing Philly’s Great Stone Connector
The abandoned but full-of-potential Reading Viaduct has captured the imaginations of many Philadelphians, but our columnist argues that we should see beyond its romantic qualities and start thinking about what the huge piece of infrastructure can connect.
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Ways & Means: A Case for Monopolies
Our columnist argues for the positive powers of monopoly.
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WAYS & MEANS: A Frame for Change
An argument for sustainability as a way of thinking.
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WAYS & MEANS: Broadening the Sustainability Conversation
At a Siemens-sponsored gathering of the smart cities set, the fair-haired children of the movement were present and accounted for. But it was 41-year-old Mayor Parks Tau of Johannesburg who grounded his urban policy concerns in issues that made sense: Public safety, food insecurity and truly diverse public engagement.
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WAYS & MEANS: Corporate Strategy as Crystal Ball
Some 300 mayors and urban thought leaders from around the world showed up at the opening of Siemens’ new corporate headquarters to ask: What business do cities and private corporations have teaming up?
