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1. Report from the President

   Changes in Institute Programs and Activities
   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2006
   Gregory K. Ingram

   The content of the Institute’s work program has evolved significantly over the past two years, and its annual activities have increased by about half since 2004. Reflecting this evolution and growth...

2. London's Large-scale Regeneration Projects Offer Community Benefits

   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2006
   Randy Gragg

   Models of urban regeneration such as the Tate Modern and Canary Wharf lured the 2006 Loeb Fellows from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design to London for their annual study trip,...

3. Conservation Incentives in America's Heartland

   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2006
   James N. Levitt

   Inspired by the work of Aldo Leopold, conservation leaders explore three types of incentive programs to achieve land conservation in an economically efficient, measurably effective, and reasonably...

4. Faculty Profile

   Jeffrey Sundberg
   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2006

   Jeffrey Sundberg is associate professor of economics and business at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois, where he has taught since 1989. He also serves as chair of the College’s...

5. Land Lines, October 2006

   Revista Land Lines
   Outubro 2006
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at large-scale revitalization projects in London that are benefitting local communities; economic and environmental approaches to U.S. conservation easements; and the use of a...

6. From the President

   Land Policies for Urban Development
   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2006
   Gregory K. Ingram

   The Lincoln Institute sponsored a wide-ranging international conference in June on “Land Policies for Urban Development.” A few of the major themes and messages from the presentations are summarized...

7. Teardowns

   Costs, Benefits, and Public Policy
   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2006
   Daniel P. McMillen

   The practice of demolishing and replacing houses, especially in high-priced areas, generates passionate controversy. The trick for local governments is to keep the costs of teardown activity from...

8. Smart Growth in Maryland

   Facing a New Reality
   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2006
   Gerrit-Jan Knaap and Dru Schmidt-Perkins

   Maryland’s smart growth programs are interesting and highly regarded for a number of reasons, but a new initiative, Reality Check Plus: Imagine Maryland, is helping to push the land use...

9. Tributos inmobiliarios e informalidad

   Desafíos para América Latina
   Revista Land Lines
   Julho 2006
   Martim O. Smolka and Claudia M. De Cesare

   Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 7 del CD-ROM Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. La informalidad...

10. Property Taxation and Informality

    Challenges for Latin America
    Revista Land Lines
    Julho 2006
    Martim O. Smolka and Claudia M. De Cesare

    When focusing on property tax performance, the major cause of concern is not so much informality itself, but the way public officials treat informality and how they administer a property tax system.