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Building Resilient and Sustainable Water Infrastructure with District Financing in Texas
Documentos de trabajoMayo 2024Minjee KimClimate change-induced extreme weather conditions and environmental disasters have elevated the importance of building resilient and sustainable infrastructure globally. This case study analyzes the...
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Greening America's Smaller Legacy Cities
Resúmenes de políticas públicasAbril 2024By Joseph Schilling, Catherine Tumber, and Gabi VelascoBecause urban centers generate most of the planet’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, cities often lead in implementing “green” initiatives to conserve resources, ensure clean air and...
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Case Studies
Lessons Learned from Two New England Manufactured Home Replacement ProgramsDocumentos de trabajoMarzo 2024Aimee Bell-PashtThis report contrasts two New England manufactured home replacement programs: Better Homes AHEAD, a now-defunct replacement program run by a nonprofit in New Hampshire, and the Maine Mobile Home...
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How Homestead Exemptions Can Counteract Regressivity in Property Tax Assessments
Documentos de trabajoMarzo 2024Ron Rakow, Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyEvidence presented in several recent academic studies using national datasets indicates widespread regressivity in property tax assessments. This can be due to statutory limits on assessment levels...
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California Water and Agriculture
Farmer Perspectives on Water Access and GovernanceDocumentos de trabajoFebrero 2024Catherine Van DykeThis paper examines farmer perspectives on water access and governance in California, with a focus on groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley and surface water from the Colorado River in the Coachella...
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Equity in Green Infrastructure
Documentos de trabajoEnero 2024Nathaniel R. Mattison and Kyle McKenneyMany municipalities introduced their first stand-alone green infrastructure (“GI”) plans in the late 2000s and early 2010s, specifically as a means of achieving compliance with water...
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Moving Beyond Conventional Economic Development Practice
An Asset-Based Framework for Sustainable CommunitiesDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2024Haegi Kwon, Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyMany factors contribute to growing inequalities in the United States. This report focuses on how economic development policies and practices may contribute to more equitable cities and regions. It...
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Agriculture in the Colorado River Basin States
Challenges and Implications for the FutureDocumentos de trabajoDiciembre 2023Nike Opejin, Faith Sternlieb, and Catherine Van DykeThe Babbitt Center report, Agriculture in the Colorado River Basin States: Challenges and Implications for the Future, examines the challenges confronting agricultural producers in the Colorado River...
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The Effects of Flood Buyouts and Green Infrastructure on Nearby Property Values
Documentos de trabajoAgosto 2023Ryun Jung Lee, Wayne Day, Alexander Abuabara, Galen Newman, and Walter PeacockProperty buyouts have been widely implemented as a hazard mitigation strategy to relocate residents to a safer location and reduce potential flood damages. Green infrastructure is an established...
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Transitioning Out of Capped Property Assessments
The Value Recapture ApproachDocumentos de trabajoAgosto 2023Carmela QuintosAssessment caps lead to inequities because the same growth limit is applied to high and low growth properties. For high growth properties that fall under the cap, the assessments are artificially...
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