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1. Audioclases sobre políticas de suelo urbanoAudioclasses on urban land policy
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
The audioclasses are multimedia treatments of diverse topics related to urban land policy. Developed to support both moderated and self-paced courses of the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean's distance education, they are also well suited to generate discussion in neighborhood associations, professional associations, public entities and other groups interested in these topics.

Resumen
Las audioclases son exposiciones en multimedia de temas relacionados con la definición de polític...

2. Mini-cursos de autoestudio sobre políticas de sueloSelf-paced mini-courses on land policy
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
The self-paced mini-courses are based on multimedia material available in Spanish and Portuguese. The six mini-courses offered are comprised of audioclasses of approximately one hour's duration, for a total of between 9 and 14 hours per mini-course. The courses have an automatic evaluation system using questionnaires linked to each one of the audioclasses.

Resumen

Los mini-cursos de autoestudio se basan en el material multimedia disponible en español y portugués. La evaluación de los cur...

3. Application of Multipurpose Cadastres in Defining Urban Land Policies 23 - Aplicaciones del catastro multifinalitario en la definición de políticas de suelo urbano 23
Date(s): September 29 - December 9, 2012
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 12, 2012
This course covers topics related to land tenure, geotechnologies and urban land valuation systems used in different Latin American jurisdictions. Participants identify the virtues and shortcomings of the cadastral systems in their jurisdictions, and develop proposals for eventual necessary administrative, legal and technological changes for the implementation of a multipurpose system oriented towards developing land policies for urban development.

The course requires an average commitment of 2-3 hours p...

4. Climate Change and Land Policies 2 - Cambio climático y políticas de suelo 2
Date(s): September 29 - December 9, 2012
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 12, 2012
The course introduces the general functioning of land markets in Latin American cities and their relationship to the environment. It will also cover alternative methods for environmental economic valuation of natural assets and a legal framework that includes environmental aspects, as well as GIS data processing techniques. At the end of the course participants will visualize the complex interactions of the social, environmental, legal and physical aspects of their city, and propose urban policies to mitig...

5. Financing Cities with Urban Land 16 - Financiamiento de ciudades con suelo urbano 16
Date(s): September 29 - December 9, 2012
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2012
The course fosters a critical examination of the various policies regarding the financing of cities through urban land. Participants discuss various direct action, regulatory and fiscal instruments that mobilize land value increments to finance urban goods and services for large segments of the population, especially the low-income sector. The course draws on experiences from various parts of the world, placing special emphasis on the Latin American context.

The course requires 2-3 hours mean daily commi...

6. GIS Projects Applied to Urban Studies 18 - Proyectos SIG aplicados a estudios urbanos 18
Date(s): September 29 - December 9, 2012
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 12, 2012
This course covers the execution of an integral GIS group project, developing the alphanumeric database structures, basic and thematic cartography, and foreseeing the needed spatial analysis. Working with real data, participants will develop a GIS project related to the definition of land policies for urban development.

The course requires a commitment of 3 hours per day.

Previous requirements: The course involves developing GIS projects; therefore, participants should have knowledge of GIS techn...

7. Land Policy Definition in Small Cities 9 - Políticas de suelo en pequeñas ciudades 9
Date(s): September 29 - December 9, 2012
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 12, 2012
This course provides a transversal treatment of all of the topics relevant to the definition of land policies, including formal and informal markets, property tax policy, cadastre, land information systems, legal frameworks, and alternatives to improve urban development financing. Participants will have the opportunity to share their visions and experiences on the definition of land policies specifically developed for Latin American cities with up to 50,000 inhabitants.

The course requires an average com...

8. Legal Dimensions of Land Policy 10 - Dimensiones jurídicas de las políticas de suelo 10
Date(s): September 29 - December 9, 2012
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 12, 2012
The course fosters the analysis of the main approaches and categories found in urban law systems in Latin America, through the review of relevant theoretical and practical aspects for urban managers and public authorities. Participants identify and discuss the relationships between urban dynamics and the law, based on land as property, informality and regularization, expropriation and alternative means for the acquisition of public land, as well as legal precedents for value capture and land readjustment.
...

9. Management of Urban Land Markets 16 - Gestión de mercados de suelo urbano 16
Date(s): September 29 - December 9, 2012
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 12, 2012
This course provides a critical examination of the structure, function and regulation of land markets and their influence in the economic, social and environmental problems of cities. It analyzes the diverse policies and management practices, and considers the motivation and consequences of the experiences from other parts of the world as well as the ones emerging in Latin America.

The course requires an average commitment of 2-3 hours per day.

Descripción
El curso propicia el examen críti...

10. Property Taxation and Urban Financing 15 - Tributación inmobiliaria y financiamiento urbano 15
Date(s): September 29 - December 9, 2012
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2012
This technical course presents the property tax's potential as a source of financing and promotion of urban development. We will debate about alternatives for cadastral restructuring and procedures for the continuous updating of data, as well as equity control in valuations for tax purposes and efficient strategies to prevent tax evasion.

The course requires an average commitment of 2-3 hours per day.

Descripción
El curso presenta las potencialidades del impuesto territorial como fuente de ...

11. Urban Land Market Analysis Techniques 7 - Técnicas de análisis de mercados de suelo urbano 7
Date(s): September 29 - December 9, 2012
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2012
This course presents the basic concepts and principles of how land markets work and the empirical applications of methods to analyze them. It covers the main aspects of urban economics: land supply and demand theory. Participants are trained to understand the dynamics of formal and informal urban land markets and issues associated with evaluating the impacts of land use regulations and public interventions.

The course requires a commitment of 3 hours per day.

Previous requirements: Knowledge of st...

12. Urban Land Valuation Techniques 9 - Técnicas de valuación de inmuebles 9
Date(s): September 29 - December 9, 2012
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 12, 2012
This course presents the most common used methods for commercial valuation and emphasizes techniques oriented to the market. Through practical exercises, participants will make valuations for purposes of calculating expropriation compensation, betterment levies, and/or value capture charges. The course culminates focusing on mass appraisal and the creation of land value maps that are useful in the definition of land taxation policies.

The course requires a commitment of 3 hours per day.

Previous ...

13. Course on Guidelines for the Implementation of Territorial Multipurpose Cadastre - Curso sobre Directrices para la implementación del catastro territorial multifinalitário
Date(s): April 2 - June 2, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
The course develops the seven issues outlined in the chapters of the Manual for the Implementation of Territorial Multipurpose Cadastre in Brazil. Through the online education platform we make available texts, videos, quizzes and audioclases that generate discussions between faculty and participants in thematic forums.

For more information about this course and how to register, please visit: http://www.capacidades.gov.br/

Descripción
El curso desarrolla los siete temas descritos en los cap...

14. Application of Multipurpose Cadastres in Defining Urban Land Policies 22 - Aplicaciones del catastro multifinalitario en la definición de políticas de suelo urbano 22
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: February 24, 2012
This course covers topics related to land tenure, geotechnologies and urban land valuation systems used in different Latin American jurisdictions. Participants identify the virtues and shortcomings of the cadastral systems in their jurisdictions, and develop proposals for eventual necessary administrative, legal and technological changes for the implementation of a multipurpose system oriented towards developing land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda temas relacionados co...

15. Climate Change and Land Policies Cambio climático y políticas de suelo
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: February 24, 2012
The course introduces the general functioning of land markets in Latin American cities and their relationship to the environment. It will also cover alternative methods for environmental economic valuation of natural assets and a legal framework that includes environmental aspects, as well as GIS data processing techniques. At the end of the course participants will visualize the complex interactions of the social, environmental, legal and physical aspects of their city, and propose urban policies to mitig...

16. Financing Cities with Urban Land 15 - Financiamiento de ciudades con suelo urbano 15
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: February 24, 2012
The course fosters a critical examination of the various policies regarding the financing of cities through urban land. Participants discuss various direct actions, regulatory and fiscal instruments, particularly the property tax, that mobilize land value increments to finance urban goods and services for large segments of the population, especially the low-income sector. The course draws on experiences from various parts of the world, placing special emphasis on the Latin American context.

Resumen...

17. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Urban Studies 17 - Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) aplicados a estudios urbanos 17
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: February 24, 2012
This course covers concepts related to alphanumeric database structures, basic and thematic cartography, and spatial analysis oriented to urban studies. Working with data from different sources, participants will build maps and statistics to develop a GIS project related to the definition of land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda conceptos relacionados con la estructuración de bases de datos alfanuméricos, cartografía básica y temática, y análisis espaciales orientados a...

18. Land Policy Definition in Small Cities 8 - Políticas de suelo en pequeñas ciudades 8
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: February 24, 2012
This course provides a transversal treatment of all of the topics relevant to the definition of land policies, including formal and informal markets, property tax policy, cadastre, land information systems, legal frameworks and alternatives to improve urban development financing. Participants will have the opportunity to share their visions and experiences on the definition of land policies specifically developed for Latin American cities with up to 50,000 inhabitants.

Resumen
El curso aborda ...

19. Legal Dimensions of Land Policy 9 Dimensiones jurídicas de las políticas de suelo 9
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: February 24, 2012
The course fosters the analysis of the main approaches and categories found in urban law systems in Latin America, through the review of relevant theoretical and practical aspects for urban managers and public authorities. Participants identify and discuss the relationships between urban dynamics and the law, based on land as property, informality and regularization, expropriation and alternative means for the acquisition of public land, as well as legal precedents for value capture and land readjustment.
...

20. Management of Urban Land Markets 15 - Gestión de mercados de suelo urbano 15
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: February 24, 2012
This course provides an critical examination of the structure, function and regulation of land markets and their influence to the economic, social and environmental problems of cities. It analyzes the diverse policies and management practices, and considers the motivation and consequences of the experiences from other parts of the world as well as the ones emerging in Latin America.

Resumen
El curso propicia el examen crítico de la estructura, el funcionamiento y la regulación de los mercados...

21. Property Taxation and Urban Financing 14 - Tributación inmobiliaria y financiamiento urbano 14
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: February 24, 2012
This technical course presents the property tax's potential as a source of financing and promotion of urban development. We will debate about alternatives for cadastral restructuring and procedures for the continuous updating of data, as well as equity control in valuations for tax purposes and efficient strategies to prevent tax evasion.

Resumen
El curso presenta las potencialidades del impuesto territorial como fuente de financiamiento y promotor del desarrollo urbano. Se debaten alternat...

22. Urban Land Market Analysis Techniques 6 - Técnicas de análisis de mercados de suelo urbano 6
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: February 24, 2012
This course presents the basic concepts and principles of how the land markets work and the empirical applications and of the methods to analyze them. It covers the main aspects of urban economics, the land supply and demand theory. Participants are trained to understand the dynamics of formal and informal urban land markets and issues associated with evaluating the impacts of land use regulations and public interventions.

Resumen
El curso presenta los conceptos y principios básicos de funcion...

23. Urban Land Valuation Techniques 8 - Técnicas de valuación de inmuebles 8
Date(s): March 10 - May 11, 2012
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: February 24, 2012
This course presents the most common used methods for commercial valuation and emphasizes techniques oriented to the market. Through practical exercises, course participants will make valuations for purposes of calculating expropriation compensation, betterment levies, and/or value capture charges. The course culminates focusing on mass appraisal and the creation of land value maps that are useful in the definition of land taxation policies.

Resumen
El curso presenta los métodos más utilizad...

24. EAD LAC sample course
Date(s): November 21 - 24, 2011
Location(s): Online
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: November 14, 2011
EAD Sample course

25. Regulation and Implementation of Land Readjustment Operations and Sale of Building RightsRegulamentação e implementação de Operações Urbanas Consorciadas e Outorga Onerosa do Direito de Construir
Date(s): November 21 - 26, 2011
Location(s): São Paulo, Brasil
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
The Secretariat of Urban Programs and the National City Training Program (PNCC) of the Ministry of Cities, in partnership with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, sponsor the course “Regulation and Implementation of Land Readjustment Operations (Operações Urbanas Consorciadas) and Sale of Building Rights (Outorga Onerosa do Direito de Construir).” This course will have a distant module and an in-class module, the latter in Sao Paulo. The objective of the course is to demonstrate the concepts, guidelines, ...

26. Application of Multipurpose Cadastres in Defining Urban Land Policies 21 - Aplicaciones del catastro multifinalitario en la definición de políticas de suelo urbano 21
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
This course covers topics related to land tenure, geotechnologies and urban land valuation systems used in different Latin American jurisdictions. Participants identify the virtues and shortcomings of the cadastral systems in their jurisdictions, and develop proposals for eventual necessary administrative, legal and technological changes for the implementation of a multipurpose system oriented toward developing land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda temas relacionados con...

27. Financing Cities with Urban Land 14 - Financiamiento de ciudades con suelo urbano 14
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
The course fosters a critical examination of the various policies regarding the financing of cities through urban land. Participants discuss various direct actions, regulatory and fiscal instruments, particularly the property tax, that mobilize land value increments to finance urban goods and services for large segments of the population, especially the low-income sector. The course draws on experiences from various parts of the world, placing special emphasis on the Latin American context.

Resumen...

28. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Urban Studies 16 - Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) aplicados a estudios urbanos 16
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
This course covers basic concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), alphanumeric database structures, and cartographic tools applied to urban studies. Applying learning-by-doing techniques, participants use data from several sources to build thematic maps and databases and develop a project that involves spatial analysis oriented to the definition of land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda conceptos básicos de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG), bases de datos...

29. Land Policy Definition in Small Cities 7 - Políticas de suelo en pequeñas ciudades 7
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
This course provides a transversal treatment of all of the topics relevant to the definition of land policies, including formal and informal markets, property tax policy, cadastre, land information systems, legal frameworks and alternatives to improve urban development financing. Decision-makers and advisors to local governments of cities with up to 40,000 inhabitants will interchange ideas and experiences about approaches to land policy developed especially for small cities.

Resumen
El curso ...

30. Legal Dimensions of Land Policy 8 Dimensiones jurídicas de las políticas de suelo 8
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
The course fosters the analysis of the main approaches and categories found in urban law systems in Latin America, through the review of relevant theoretical and practical aspects for urban managers and public authorities. Participants identify and discuss the relationships between urban dynamics and the law, based on land as property, informality and regularization, expropriation and alternative means for the acquisition of public land, as well as legal precedents for value capture and land readjustment.
...

31. Management of Urban Land Markets 14 - Gestión de mercados de suelo urbano 14
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
This course provides an examination of the structure, function and regulation of Latin American land markets and their relationship to the economic, social and environmental problems of cities. It analyzes the motivations and consequences of policies and practices in the region, and considers a number of experiences from other parts of the world and their potential adaptation to Latin America.

Resumen
Este curso propicia el examen crítico de la estructuración, funcionamiento y regulación de lo...

32. Property Taxation and Urban Financing 13 - Tributación inmobiliaria y financiamiento urbano 13
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
This technical course presents the property tax's potential as a source of financing and promotion of urban development. It will invite debate on alternatives for cadastral restructuring and procedures for the continuous updating of data, as well as development and control of equity in valuation for tax purposes and efficient strategies to prevent and/or address tax evasion.

Resumen
El curso presenta las potencialidades del impuesto territorial como fuente de financiamiento y promotor del des...

33. Urban Land Market Analysis Techniques 5 - Técnicas de análisis de mercados de suelo urbano 5
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
This course presents the basic principles of land and real estate economics and the application of empirical methods to analyze land market. It covers the theory behind the supply and demand of land; the main aspects of urban economics; regression analysis and impact analysis. Participants are trained to understand the dynamics of formal and informal urban land markets and issues associated with evaluating the impacts of land use regulations and public interventions.

Requirements:
Basic knowledge of sta...

34. Urban Land Valuation Techniques 7 - Técnicas de valuación de inmuebles 7
Date(s): September 24 - December 2, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 9, 2011
This course presents the techniques and basic principles of commercial valuations and mass appraisal of urban properties, applied to expropriation processes and creation of land value maps useful in the definition of land taxation policies, collection of betterment levies, or value capture.

Requirements:
Basic knowledge of statistics (central tendency measures, dispersion measures, sampling distributions and the Central Limit Theorem) and advanced knowledge of electronic spreadsheets use (e.g., Excel) i...

35. Application of Multipurpose Cadastres in Defining Urban Land Policies 20 - Aplicaciones del catastro multifinalitario en la definición de políticas de suelo urbano 20
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
This course covers topics related to land tenure, geotechnologies and urban land valuation systems used in different Latin American jurisdictions. Participants identify the virtues and shortcomings of the cadastral systems in their jurisdictions, and develop proposals for eventual necessary administrative, legal and technological changes for the implementation of a multipurpose system oriented toward developing land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda temas relacionados con...

36. Financing Cities with Urban Land 13 - Financiamiento de ciudades con suelo urbano 13
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
The course fosters a critical examination of the various policies regarding the financing of cities through urban land. Participants discuss various direct action, regulatory and fiscal instruments, particularly the property tax, that mobilize land value increments to finance urban goods and services for large segments of the population, particularly the low-income sector. The course draws on experiences from various parts of the world, placing special emphasis on the Latin American context.

Resume...

37. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Urban Studies 15 - Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) aplicados a estudios urbanos 15
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
The course covers basic concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), alphanumeric database structures, and cartographic tools applied to urban studies. Applying learning-by-doing techniques, participants use data from several sources to build thematic maps and databases and develop a project that involves spatial analysis oriented to the definition of land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda conceptos básicos de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG), bases de datos ...

38. Land Policy Definition in Small Cities 5 & 6 - Políticas de suelo en pequeñas ciudades 5 & 6
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
The course provides a transversal treatment of all of the topics relevant to the definition of land policies. The topics addressed include formal and informal markets, property tax policy, cadastre, land information systems, legal frameworks and alternatives to improve urban development financing. Course participants will be mainly decision-makers and advisors to local governments of cities with 40,000 inhabitants or less. Participants will have the opportunity to interchange ideas and experiences about app...

39. Legal Dimensions of Land Policy 7 - Dimensiones jurídicas de las políticas de suelo 7
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
The course fosters the analysis of the main approaches and categories found in urban law systems in Latin America, through the review of relevant theoretical and practical aspects for urban managers and public authorities. Participants identify and discuss the relationships between urban dynamics and the law, based on land as property, informality and regularization, expropriation and alternative means for the acquisition of public land, as well as legal precedents for value capture and land readjustment.
...

40. Management of Urban Land Markets 13 - Gestión de mercados de suelo urbano 13
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
This course provides an examination of the structure, function and regulation of Latin American land markets and their relationship to the economic, social and environmental problems of cities. It analyzes the motivations and consequences of policies and practices in the region, and considers a number of experiences from other parts of the world and their potential adaptation to Latin America.

Resumen
Este curso propicia el examen crítico de la estructuración, funcionamiento y regulación de lo...

41. Property Taxation and Urban Financing 12 - Tributación inmobiliaria y financiamiento urbano 12
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
The course seeks to evaluate the effects of fiscal policy decisions and taxation practices, through comparative analysis of Latin American experiences and successful extra-regional initiatives, aiming at increasing the efficiency, equity and effectiveness of property tax. Legal principles as well as the potential role of property tax as a funding source and promoter of urban development will be analyzed. This course will also analyze tax responsibilities and the fiscal design of the tax considering fiscal ...

42. Urban Land Market Analysis Techniques 4 - Técnicas de análisis de mercados de suelo urbano 4
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
This course presents the basic principles of land and real estate economics and the application of empirical methods to analyze land markets. It covers the theory behind the supply and demand of land; the main aspects of urban economics; regression analysis and impact analysis. Participants are trained to understand the dynamics of formal and informal urban land markets and issues associated with evaluating the impacts of land use regulations and public interventions.

Requirements:
Basic knowledge of st...

43. Urban Land Valuation Techniques 6 - Técnicas de valuación de inmuebles 6
Date(s): March 19 - May 27, 2011
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: March 6, 2011
The course presents the techniques and basic principles of commercial valuations and mass appraisal of urban properties, applied on expropriation proceses and land value maps creation, useful in the definition of land taxation policies, collection of betterment levies, or value capture.

Requirements:
Basic knowledge of statistics (central tendency measures, dispersion measures, sampling distributions and the Central Limit Theorem) and advanced knowledge of electronic spreadsheets use (e.g., Excel) is n...

44. Application of Multipurpose Cadastres in Defining Urban Land Policies 19 - Aplicaciones del catastro multifinalitario en la definición de políticas de suelo urbano 19
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2010
This course covers topics related to land tenure, geotechnologies and urban land valuation systems used in different Latin American jurisdictions. Participants identify the virtues and shortcomings of the cadastral systems in their jurisdictions, and develop proposals for eventual necessary administrative, legal and technological changes for the implementation of a multipurpose system oriented toward developing land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda temas relacionados con...

45. Financing Cities with Urban Land 12 - Financiamiento de ciudades con suelo urbano 12
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2010
The course fosters a critical examination of the various policies regarding the financing of cities through urban land. Participants discuss various direct action, regulatory and fiscal instruments, particularly the property tax, that mobilize land value increments to finance urban goods and services for large segments of the population, particularly the low-income sector. The course draws on experiences from various parts of the world, placing special emphasis on the Latin American context.

Resume...

46. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Urban Studies 14 - Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) aplicados a estudios urbanos 14
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2010
The course covers basic concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), alphanumeric database structures, and cartographic tools applied to urban studies. Applying learning-by-doing techniques, participants use data from several sources to build thematic maps and databases and develop a project that involves spatial analysis oriented to the definition of land policies for urban development.

Resumen
El curso aborda conceptos básicos de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG), bases de datos ...

47. Land Policy Definition in Small Cities 3 & 4 - Políticas de suelo en pequeñas ciudades 3 & 4
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2010
The course provides a transversal treatment of all of the topics relevant to the definition of land policies. The topics addressed include formal and informal markets, property tax policy, cadastre, land information systems, legal frameworks and alternatives to improve urban development financing. Course participants will be mainly decision-makers and advisors to local governments of cities with 40,000 inhabitants or less. Participants will have the opportunity to interchange ideas and experiences about app...

48. Legal Dimensions of Land Policy 6 - Dimensiones jurídicas de las políticas de suelo 6
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2010
The course fosters the analysis of the main approaches and categories found in urban law systems in Latin America, through the review of relevant theoretical and practical aspects for urban managers and public authorities. Participants identify and discuss the relationships between urban dynamics and the law, based on land as property, informality and regularization, expropriation and alternative means for the acquisition of public land, as well as legal precedents for value capture and land readjustment.
...

49. Management of Urban Land Markets 12 - Gestión de mercados de suelo urbano 12
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 19, 2010
This course provides an examination of the structure, function and regulation of Latin American land markets and their relationship to the economic, social and environmental problems of cities. It analyzes the motivations and consequences of policies and practices in the region, and considers a number of experiences from other parts of the world and their potential adaptation to Latin America.

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Este curso propicia el examen crítico de la estructuración, funcionamiento y regulación de lo...

50. Property Tax and Urban Financing 11 - Impuesto predial y financiamiento urbano 11
Date(s): October 2 - December 10, 2010
Location(s): Online / Curso a Distancia
Department: Latin America and the Caribbean
Application Deadline: September 22, 2010
This course provides an analysis of the legal, political, and economic principles of land taxation as a beneficial instrument for urban development. Participants identify methods for overcoming the factors that cause inequity in the current systems, alternatives for the restructuring of the territorial cadastre, and strategies to achieve greater efficiency in property tax collection and consequently better financing of cities.

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El curso propicia el examen de princ...

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