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1. Vacant and Abandoned Property

   Remedies for Acquisition and Redevelopment
   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2005
   Lavea Brachman

   In June the Lincoln Institute convened a roundtable of experts from around the country to examine how and why property ownership and title problems exacerbate abandonment. The group debated the...

2. From the President

   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2005
   Gregory K. Ingram

   The Lincoln Institute has long been involved in international activities that deal with land policy and land taxation issues. In the 1970s those activities focused mainly on training and education....

3. Connections Between Economic Development and Land Taxation

   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2005
   Jeffrey Chapman and Rex L. Facer II

   Recent court decisions have made economic development and tax policy front-page news. The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London raised a public outcry when it allowed local...

4. Faculty Profile

   C. Lowell Harriss
   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2005

   C. Lowell Harriss is Professor Emeritus at Columbia University, where he taught economics from 1938 until his retirement in 1981. He then served as executive director of the Academy of Political...

5. Land Lines, October 2005

   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2005
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores the relationships between economic development, infrastructure, and land taxation in the U.S.; informal settlements, and overall land and housing challenges, in Brazil’s Rio...

6. From the President

   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2005
   Gregory K. Ingram

   Education, training, research, and dissemination have been the instruments used most frequently by the Lincoln Institute to achieve its goals of expanding and making available its knowledge of land...

7. America's Megapolitan Areas

   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2005
   Robert E. Lang and Dawn Dhavale

   Megapolitan areas are integrated networks of metro- and micropolitan areas. The name “megapolitan” plays off Jean Gottmann’s 1961 “megalopolis” label by using the same prefix. We find that the United...

8. Stabilizing Property Taxes in Volatile Real Estate Markets

   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2005
   Joan Youngman and Jane Malme

   Property taxes based on market value have many features that recommend them as a source of local government revenue. They promote visibility and accountability in public spending by providing...

9. Faculty Profile

   Jack R. Huddleston
   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2005

   Jack Huddleston is professor of urban and regional planning and is affiliated with the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his Ph.D...

10. Land Lines, July 2005

    Revista Land Lines
    Julho 2005
    Edited by Ann LeRoyer

    This issue looks at strategies to stabilize property taxes in volatile U.S. real estate markets; the fundamentals and policy implications of North America’s “megapolitan” (large...