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1. Recuperação de Mais-Valias Fundiárias na América Latina

   Políticas e Instrumentos para o Desenvolvimento Urbano
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Septiembre 2014
   Martim O. Smolka

   Urbanization in Latin America is associated with strong pressure for the supply of serviced land, resulting in significant changes in land values that are distributed unequally among landowners and...

2. 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...

3. Lessons from Sandy

   Federal Policies to Build Climate-Resilient Coastal Regions
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Abril 2014
   Robert Pirani and Laura Tolkoff

   This report, spurred by aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, identifies a set of policies, regulations, and administrative practices that federal agencies can adopt to help coastal metropolitan regions...

4. Implementación de la recuperación de plusvalías en América Latina

   Políticas e instrumentos para el desarrollo urbano
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Febrero 2014
   Martim O. Smolka

   Urbanization in Latin America is associated with strong pressure for the supply of serviced land, resulting in significant changes in land values that are distributed unequally among landowners and...

5. Implementing Value Capture in Latin America

   Policies and Tools for Urban Development
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Junio 2013
   Martim O. Smolka

   This report provides a review of land value capture's antecedents in Latin America and its longstanding presence in the urban planning agenda. It also examines a variety of land value capture...

6. Infrastructure and Land Policies

   Libros
   Mayo 2013
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Karin L. Brandt

   More than 50 percent of the global population resides in urban areas where land policy and infrastructure interactions facilitate economic opportunities, affect the quality of life, and influence...

7. Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries

   Libros
   Abril 2013
   Edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, and Deborah L. Wetzel

   This work uses case studies of urban financing mechanisms in China, India, and Brazil to help decision makers in developing countries address the challenges of rapid metropolitan growth. The report...

8. China’s Environmental Policy and Urban Development

   Libros
   Febrero 2013
   Edited by Joyce Yanyun Man

   “It is well known that rapid urbanization and industrialization in China have had serious consequences for China's environment. Far less recognized are the wide ranging efforts undertaken...

9. Planet of Cities

   Libros
   Septiembre 2012
   Shlomo Angel

   “Students and others looking for a place to start often ask, ‘If I could read just one book about xxxx, which would you suggest?’ When it comes to cities, I have a new favorite. It...

10. Atlas of Urban Expansion

    Libros
    Junio 2012
    Shlomo Angel, Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. Blei

    Note: This volume is currently out of stock and an updated edition is now available in two volumes — Atlas of Urban Expansion—2016 Edition, Volume 1: Areas and Densities and Atlas of...