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1. Economic Regulation of Utility Infrastructure

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Janice A. Beecher

   In this paper, Janice A. Beecher examines public infrastructure as having characteristics of both public and private goods that earn a separate classification as a toll good. Utilities demonstrate a...

2. The Unit Approach to the Taxation of Railroad and Public Utility Property

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Gary C. Cornia, David J. Crapo, and Lawrence C. Walters

   Administering a property tax system presents ongoing challenges under the best of circumstances. Whether it involves keeping taxpayer rolls up to date, pursuing tax evaders, or updating taxable...

3. The Location Effects of Alternative Road-Pricing Policies

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Alex Anas

   Just as physical infrastructure affects urban development patterns, the taxation of motor vehicle use and the pricing of road infrastructure shape land policy by affecting location choices and land...

4. Chicago and Its Skyway

   Lessons from an Urban Megaproject
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Louise Nelson Dyble

   In this paper, Louise Nelson Dyble examines the history of political leadership throughout the Chicago Skyway’s development as a public project and assesses the lessons from its eventual...

5. Sustainable Infrastructure for Urban Growth

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Katherine Sierra

   Sustainability increasingly affects infrastructure investment patterns, particularly in cities in developing countries where urban populations will more than double—increasing by 2.6 billion people—...

6. Understanding Urban Infrastructure-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Key Mitigation Strategies

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Anu Ramaswami

   Analyzing the economic and environmental impacts of urban infrastructure—whether its contribution to productivity or its generation of greenhouse gas emissions—is very challenging because urban or...

7. Land Value Capture and Justice

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Susan S. Fainstein

   In this paper, Susan S. Fainstein examines the arguments for using land value capture for distributive purposes. Her assertion is founded on Henry George’s idea that land value increments created by...

8. Town Planning Schemes as a Hybrid Land Readjustment Process in Ahmedabad, India

   A Better Way to Grow?
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Bishwapriya Sanyal and Chandan Deuskar

   In India, local governments have increasingly relied on town planning schemes (TPS) to influence urban growth and to finance affordable housing and basic infrastructure. TPS is a hybrid land...

9. Community Benefits Agreements in a Value Capture Context

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Laura Wolf-Powers

   Laura Wolf-Powers discusses how community benefits agreements (CBAs) enable community organizations and special interest groups in the vicinity of a development project to negotiate with developers...

10. Science Parks and Land Value Capture

    Ponencias
    Mayo 2012
    Michael I. Luger and Justyna Dabrowska

    Some value capture approaches are tailored for specific development projects. For instance, the science park has become a popular form of town-gown partnership used to boost local economic...