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After Great Disasters
How Six Countries Managed Community RecoveryInformes sobre Políticas FundiáriasJulho 2016Laurie A. Johnson and Robert B. Olshansky“After Great Disasters offers one of the most well-researched accounts of large-scale, post-disaster recovery programs in several countries. The case studies highlight the common strands of...
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Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World
Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasMaio 2014Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. LinnThe 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...
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Infrastructure and Urban Development
Evidence from Chinese CitiesArtigos de ConferênciasMaio 2013This paper by Yan Song discusses the links between infrastructure provision and urban expansion, the relationship between levels of infrastructure and land prices, and the mechanisms used to finance...
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Metropolitan Infrastructure and Capital Finance
Artigos de ConferênciasAbril 2013Gregory K. Ingram, Zhi Liu, and Karin L. BrandtThis paper provides a baseline analysis and comparison of private participation in key infrastructure (energy, transportation, telecommunications, water and sanitation) for developing countries...
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Transit Value Capture
New Town Co-Development Models and Land Market Updates in Tokyo and Hong KongArtigos de ConferênciasMaio 2012Jin MurakamiTransit value capture is another common project-based approach for capturing land value increases generated by public investment. Jin Murakami examines this technique, which is used by major railway...
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Town Planning Schemes as a Hybrid Land Readjustment Process in Ahmedabad, India
A Better Way to Grow?Artigos de ConferênciasMaio 2012Bishwapriya Sanyal and Chandan DeuskarIn India, local governments have increasingly relied on town planning schemes (TPS) to influence urban growth and to finance affordable housing and basic infrastructure. TPS is a hybrid land...
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Making Room for a Planet of Cities
Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasJaneiro 2011Shlomo Angel, with Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. BleiThis report—the precursor to Planet of Cities—provides policy makers and planners with a conceptual framework for understanding urban expansion and provides research-based suggestions for...
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Developing Land Markets Within the Constraint of State Ownership in Vietnam
Artigos de ConferênciasMaio 2009Stephen B. ButlerThe development of land markets in Vietnam has attracted much attention. Stephen B. Butler discusses some institutional efficiencies of land market reform in Vietnam based on a survey conducted in 12...
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China’s Land System
Past, Present, and FutureArtigos de ConferênciasMaio 2009Dwight H. PerkinsIn this paper, Dwight H. Perkins discusses how the development of Chinese real estate markets has generated tensions between different segments of the population and between the government and...
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Asia’s Urban Century
Emerging TrendsArtigos de ConferênciasMaio 2007Rakesh MohanUrban development has been exhibiting very different patterns around the world. Rakesh Mohan presents his observations of the urbanization patterns in Asia during the twentieth century and projects...