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1. The Case for Climate-Informed Zoning

   A Study of Fiscal Impact in Norfolk, VA
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2023
   Katherine Burgess, Michael Rodriguez, Jordan Howard, Jared Klukas, and Megan Wright

   As the impacts of climate change continue to intensify, zoning presents a key tool to direct development to protect communities from climate events. Norfolk, Virginia, a city at severe risk from sea...

2. The 2022 Census of Community Land Trusts and Shared Equity Entities in the United States

   Prevalence, Practice and Impact
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2023
   Ruoniu Wang, Celia Wandio, Amanda Bennett, Jason Spicer, Sophia Corugedo, and Emily Thaden

   As communities around the United States grapple with a growing affordability crisis and the ongoing legacy of racially exclusionary housing policies, community land trusts (CLTs) have attracted...

3. China's Policy to Limit Use of Public-Private Partnerships by Municipalities to Finance Capital Improvements

   A Regression Discontinuity Design Analysis of the Fiscal Impact
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2023
   Robert Bland, Jingran Sun, and Yu Shi

   China’s rapid urbanization in the past four decades combined with the national government’s ambitious goals for economic growth have pressured public officials in prefectural cities to...

4. Overview of the National Park System Reform Process in China

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2023
   Yufei Wang, Yixin Hu, and Jingyi Liu

   China is at a turning point from a high economic growth rate to a low one, and the country needs to carry out policy reforms for better governance. In recent years, the National Park system reform...

5. Understanding the Direct and Indirect Health Effects of Urban Greenspaces

   A green infrastructure approach to healthy behavior and outcome
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2023
   Yizhao Yang, Hong Wu, Dong Li, and Jie Hu

   This paper argues that urban greenspaces’ ultimate health efficacy lies in them working together as a system and as green infrastructure to provide a variety of ecosystem services. This...

6. The Art of Negotiations

   Legal Discrimination, Contention Pyramid, and Land-Taking Compensation Policy in China
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2023
   Meina Cai

   How do land-dispossessed villagers protect their interests in a context where the legal framework discriminates against them? Contradictory to the existing research that pays much attention to...

7. Cities in Post-Pandemic China

   Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Intercity Mobility Patterns, Migration-Related Attitudes, and Urban Governance
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Maio 2023
   Hengyu Gu

   The new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has swept the world since 2020, causing considerable attention from academia, media, and policymakers. Entering the post-pandemic era, despite the...

8. Can Removing Development Subsidies Promote Adaptation?

   The Coastal Barrier Resources System as a Natural Experiment
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Maio 2023
   Hannah Druckenmiller, Yanjun (Penny) Liao, Sophie Pesek, Margaret Walls, and Shan Zhang

   As natural disasters grow in frequency and intensity under climate change, limiting populations and properties in harm's way will be one important facet of adaptation. This study focuses on one...

9. The Fiscal Impact of Municipal Administrative Center Relocation

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Maio 2023
   Min Su, Can Chen, and Cathy Yang Liu

   The relocation of administrative centers is an important policy instrument in China, empowering cities to promote urban economic growth, strengthen public finance, and improve public service...

10. Research-Informed Documents of Practice

    Helping Urban Planners and Water Managers Direct the Change Needed for Creating Climate-Adapted Urban Landscapes
    Documentos de Trabalho
    Maio 2023
    Paul W. Lander and Mary Ann Dickinson

    The past decade has seen a tremendous increase in the interest of the relationship between land use and water planning (American Planning Association Water & Planning Network, 2017). This has led...