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1. Podcast: Paige Cognetti and the Reinvention of Scranton

   Videos y multimedia
   Diciembre 2023
   Season 4, Episode 7 of the Land Matters podcast with Anthony Flint and Paige Cognetti.

   The postindustrial city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, developed some curiously 21st century claims to fame. But now the city of 75,000 is setting its sights on new strategies for equitable economic revitalization, as Mayor Paige Cognetti explains.

2. Greening America’s Smaller Legacy Cities

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Julio 2023
   By Joseph Schilling, Catherine Tumber, and Gabi Velasco

   Preparing the country for a low-carbon future that is economically and racially just is an enormous undertaking. Greening America’s Smaller Legacy Cities investigates how local governments in...

3. From State Capitols to City Halls

   Smarter State Policies for Stronger Cities
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Febrero 2022
   Alan Mallach

   “Alan Mallach examines the crucial relationships between states and their constituent cities, illustrates how states have hindered equitable revitalization, and offers principles to guide state...

4. Podcast: Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and the Realities of Revitalization

   Videos y multimedia
   Marzo 2022
   Season 3, Episode 2 of the Land Matters podcast with Anthony Flint and Randall Woodfin. 

   Randall Woodfin, Birmingham’s “millennial mayor” and rising star in Alabama politics, has launched an urban mechanic’s agenda for revitalizing that post-industrial city:...

5. Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2014
   Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. Linn

   The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in urban areas. Big cities generate the most dynamic economic development, the strongest links to the global...

6. Rethinking Property Tax Incentives for Business

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Junio 2012
   Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam H. Langley, and Bethany P. Paquin

   State and local governments use many types of property tax incentives to increase business development. This report reviews those incentives, summarizes the literature regarding their effectiveness,...

7. Land Policy and Boom-Bust Real Estate Markets

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Septiembre 1994
   Edited by Jonathan D. Cheney

   U.S. land and real estate markets went on a roller coaster ride in the 1980s and early 1990s. The combination of economic growth, demographic change, and federal tax and banking policies that...

8. Making Sense of Place, Cleveland

   Confronting Decline in an American City
   Videos y multimedia
   Septiembre 2006

   Many American cities have experienced a persistent crisis of urban decline and the erosion of inner suburbs. Why does this happen? What are the consequences for residents? Can the decline be halted...

9. Making Sense of Place, Phoenix

   The Urban Desert
   Videos y multimedia
   Abril 2003

   In only half a century, Phoenix has expanded from a small desert town into the sixth largest city in the U.S. Through the eyes and voices of Phoenix residents, this film explores the...