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1. A Global Perspective on Land Use Regulations and Housing Outcomes

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2022
   Cynthia Goytia and Eric J. Heikkila

   This paper examines the relationship between land use regulations and housing outcomes, especially housing affordability and informality. Using a unique and important database of 191 metropolitan...

2. Community Land Trusts and Informal Settlements

   Assessing the Feasibility of CLT Instruments Developed by the Caño Martin Peña Communities in Puerto Rico for Favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2021
   Line Algoed, Alejandro Cotté Morales, Tarcyla Fidalgo Ribeiro, María E. Hernández Torrales, Lyvia Rodríguez Del Valle, and Theresa Williamson

   This report presents an analysis conducted to assess the feasibility of community land trusts (CLT) developed by the Caño Martin Peña communities in Puerto Rico as instruments to...

3. Podcast: Bogotá Mayor Claudia López, Breaking New Ground

   Videos y multimedia
   Noviembre 2021
   Season 2, Episode 9 of the Land Matters podcast with Anthony Flint and Mayor Claudia López.

   Bogotá Mayor Claudia López talks about local climate action, land value capture for more equitable urban development, and the importance of supporting women in society, in an interview...

4. Housing Affordability in Chinese Cities

   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2020
   Li Sun

   Over the past decade, house prices have kept soaring in Chinese cities, making housing affordability one of the biggest social and political issues in urban China. Existing research on housing...

5. Urban Land Value Capture in São Paulo, Addis Ababa, and Hyderabad

   Differing Interpretations, Equity Impacts, and Enabling Conditions
   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2020
   Anjali Mahendra, Robin King, Erin Gray, Maria Hart, Laura Azeredo, Luana Betti, Surya Prakash, Amartya Deb, Elleni Ashebir, and Asmaa Ibrahim

   This paper presents analysis of the fiscal and equity impacts of urban land value capture instruments based on three case studies from the global south. These include the Lideta redevelopment in...

6. Podcast: Plotting the Planet’s Future at World Urban Forum 10

   Videos y multimedia
   Marzo 2020
   Episode 10 of the Land Matters podcast with Anthony Flint and Claudio Acioly

   Financing urban infrastructure and promoting decent, affordable housing were both big topics at the United Nations global cities summit, the World Urban Forum, recently held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab...

7. Housing Affordability in a Global Perspective

   Documentos de trabajo
   Noviembre 2018
   Achilles Kallergis, Shlomo Angel, Yang Liu, Alejandro M. Blei, Nicolás Galarza, and Patrick Lamson-Hall

   This paper discusses housing affordability in cities the world over based on data from the Land and Housing Survey in a Global Sample of Cities. We report on the composition of the housing sector...

8. Strengthening Urban Resilience through Nature

   The potential of ecosystem-based measures for reduction of landslide risk in Rio de Janeiro
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2018
   Wofram Lange, Simone Sandholz, and Udo Nehren

   Ecosystem-based measures have a high potential to replace or build on engineered solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), not only in rural but also in urban...

9. Podcast: Solutions in Slums

   Amid substandard living conditions, glimmers of hope
   Videos y multimedia
   Agosto 2019
   Episode 4 of the Land Matters podcast with Anthony Flint, Enrique Silva, and Theresa Williamson

   Slums have been a feature of cities for centuries, and accelerating global urbanization has led to an unprecedented number of people living in substandard conditions. Cities have responded with a...

10. Where do Property Rights Matter More?

    Explaining the Variation in Demand for Property Titles across Cities in Mexico
    Documentos de trabajo
    Mayo 2017
    Paavo Monkkonen

    Existing empirical research has established that stronger legal claims to property in urban areas have significant market value, but previous studies examine this question in a single city or market...