Land Lines February 2017
Features
Chile and the Future of Conservation Finance
As Chile prepares to receive the world's largest land donation from a single owner—Kris Tompkins, former CEO of the Patagonia label—it stands poised to offer the world a model for large landscape finance in the age of climate change: bringing business leaders and environmentalists together to...
Why Cities Aren’t Fully Spending Federal Grants
Federal grants are a critical funding stream for cash-strapped state and local governments in the United States, yet hundreds of millions of dollars are going unspent every year. This article examines this complex problem and ways to improve grant program design and help fiscally distressed cities...
How Baltimore and Dallas Are Connecting Segregated Neighborhoods to Opportunity
Planners around the United States are revising policy to distribute resources more equitably in the built environment. Here's how two cities with a history of segregation are dispelling concentrated poverty by providing transportation options, safe street networks, affordable housing, and access to...
