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1. Building Resilient and Sustainable Water Infrastructure with District Financing in Texas

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Maio 2024
   Minjee Kim

   Climate change-induced extreme weather conditions and environmental disasters have elevated the importance of building resilient and sustainable infrastructure globally. This case study analyzes the...

2. Case Studies

   Lessons Learned from Two New England Manufactured Home Replacement Programs
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Março 2024
   Aimee Bell-Pasht

   This 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...

3. How Homestead Exemptions Can Counteract Regressivity in Property Tax Assessments

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Março 2024
   Ron Rakow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

   Evidence 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...

4. California Water and Agriculture

   Farmer Perspectives on Water Access and Governance
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Fevereiro 2024
   Catherine Van Dyke

   This 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...

5. Equity in Green Infrastructure

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Janeiro 2024
   Nathaniel R. Mattison and Kyle McKenney

   Many 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...

6. Moving Beyond Conventional Economic Development Practice

   An Asset-Based Framework for Sustainable Communities
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Janeiro 2024
   Haegi Kwon, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

   Many 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...

7. Agriculture in the Colorado River Basin States

   Challenges and Implications for the Future
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Dezembro 2023
   Nike Opejin, Faith Sternlieb, and Catherine Van Dyke

   The 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...

8. The Effects of Flood Buyouts and Green Infrastructure on Nearby Property Values

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Agosto 2023
   Ryun Jung Lee, Wayne Day, Alexander Abuabara, Galen Newman, and Walter Peacock

   Property 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...

9. Transitioning Out of Capped Property Assessments

   The Value Recapture Approach
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Agosto 2023
   Carmela Quintos

   Assessment 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...

10. Willingness to Pay for Climate Adaptation

    International Case Studies on Private Developers’ Preparedness to Contribute to Urban Climate Adaptation
    Documentos de Trabalho
    Agosto 2023
    Erwin van der Krabben, Alexander Lord, James H. Spencer, and Stephen Buckman

    There is increasing global awareness that, despite efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adaptation to climate change is necessary. Additional stresses related to climate change, including...