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1. Community Land Trusts and Limited Equity Cooperatives

   A Marriage of Affordable Homeownership Models?
   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2014
   Meagan M. Ehlenz

   Since 2008, many have questioned the efficacy of conventional homeownership, particularly for low-income households. Advocates champion shared equity homeownership as an alternative, including...

2. Conservation Catalysts

   The Academy as Nature’s Agent
   Libros
   Noviembre 2014
   Edited by James N. Levitt with a foreword by Stephen Woodley

   “We can gain encouragement from the coalition of groups that have rallied together to promote conservation and embrace connectivity: universities, environmental groups, land trusts, churches,...

3. The Nature of Value and the Value of Nature

   A Review of Appraisal Methodology Concerning Natural Resource and Environmental Values
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2014
   Adam I. Davis

   The rules governing appraisal of real estate in the United States are set by the Appraisal Foundation and these rules determine the economic value of environmental features on land as well as the...

4. Exploratory Scenario Planning

   Lessons Learned in the Field
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2014
   Eric J. Roberts

   The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the Sonoran Institute, and the Consensus Building Institute jointly researched several exploratory scenario planning processes to identify and compile lessons...

5. An Open Field

   Emerging Opportunities for a Global Private Land Conservation Movement
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2014
   Laura A. Johnson

   This paper explores the history of the land trust movement in the US, looks at specific examples of the growing private land conservation movement around the globe, and proposes a model that includes...

6. Achieving Lasting Affordability through Inclusionary Housing

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2014
   Robert Hickey, Lisa Sturtevant, and Emily Thaden

   Inclusionary housing policies are local land use policies that link approvals for market-rate housing to the creation of affordable homes for low- and moderate-income households. The primary goals of...

7. Technological Changes Enabling a Shift Toward a Distributed, Decentralized and Diverse Model of Energy Generation and Distribution

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2014
   Fiona Cousins, Adam Friedberg, and Chris Brosz

   This paper provides an overview of the technological changes that can complement the legacy electric grid as the New York metropolitan region shifts towards a more distributed, decentralized, and...

8. Defining an Engagement Strategy to Create and Implement the Fourth Regional Plan in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut Region

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2014
   Juliette Michaelson

   There are several reasons why public engagement is an indispensible component of the Fourth Regional Plan. The first and most important reason is because it is the right thing to do—the Plan...

9. Evaluación del efecto del uso del suelo sobre la sensibilidad al cambio climático en la zona de la costa norte de Honduras

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2014
   Arie Sanders, Denisse McLean, and Alexandra Manueles

   En este artículo se examina el efecto del uso del suelo, y del cambio en el uso del suelo, sobre la sensibilidad al cambio climático en la costa norte de Honduras. Para alcanzar este...

10. Determinants of Change in the Intermountain West

    Documentos de trabajo
    Junio 2014
    Josef Marlow and Stephen Aldrich

    The future operating environment and planning context for the Intermountain West is highly uncertain. Driven by powerful forces including climate, shifting economics, population demography, and...