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1. Strategic Interaction in Urban Infrastructure Finance

   A Spatial Panel Econometric Analysis of Chinese Prefecture-Level Cities
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2020
   Can Chen, Kenneth A. Kriz, and Shuanglin Lin

   This research represents one of the first attempts to empirically examine strategic interaction in urban infrastructure expenditures on capital construction and maintenance in China. Drawing upon the...

2. How Scenario Planning Affects Regional and Local Plans and Planning Practices

   An Empirical Analysis
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2020
   Arnab Chakraborty and Stephen Averill Sherman

   This project investigated how regional scenario efforts can shape regional and local plans. Through document analysis of scenario efforts and selected plans in six regions, plus key informant...

3. Special Assessment Districts and the Financing of Infrastructure in South Africa

   The Innovative Use of a Special Rating Area in Claremont, Cape Town
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2020
   Willard Matiashe and Arthur Germond

   Since 2000, special rating areas (SRAs), also known as Special Assessment Districts and/or city improvement districts (CIDs), have been used to revive urban nodes across the City of Cape Town (Cape...

4. Take the Q Train

   Value Capture of Public Infrastructure Projects
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2020
   Arpit Gupta, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, and Constantine Kontokosta

   Transit infrastructure is a critical asset for economic activity yet costly to build in dense urban environments. We measure the benefit of the Second Avenue Subway extension in New York City by...

5. Large Scale Urban Projects

   The State and Gentrification in the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Region
   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2020
   Roberto Luís de Melo Monte-Mór, Renan Pereira Almeida, and Marcelo de Brito Brandão

   This paper assesses the degree to which a series of large-scale urban projects along the North Axis of the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte (MRBH), Brazil, may have triggered a process of...

6. 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...