New Publications (Land Lines Article)

Publication Date: November 1995

Inventory ID LLA951103; English

Article

Managing Land as Ecosystem and Economy
New Policy Focus Report Provides Background for Debates over Endangered Species, Wetlands and Property Rights

When the Lincoln Institute sponsored its fall 1993 workshop on "managing land as ecosystem and economy," newspapers were running hopeful headlines about "win-win" solutions to conflicts over wetlands and endangered species. What then seemed like a national consensus has since unraveled, however. In June 1995, the Supreme Court upheld federal authority under the Endangered Species Act to prohibit the destruction of critical habitat on private property. But that decision led to calls for Congress to eliminate this federal land use authority.

The report uses direct quotations from the workshop and other sources to capture behind-the-scenes insights from all sides in the debate over conservation and development. Many of the report’s conclusions are more controversial now than when the workshop was held. Over the short term, policymakers need to set conservation priorities over longer times and for larger landscapes. They must also create more flexible tools for enforcing those priorities. Long-term reform, however, will require challenging the assumption that economies and ecosystems are competing land uses. Policymakers and the public must rethink the relationship between science and public participation, as well as the ethical and legal distribution of land-related rights and responsibilities.

The report’s mix of text and color graphics was designed to provide common background for discussion in educational programs and civic meetings. Bulk orders receive a 25 percent discount (see below).

Managing Land as Ecosystem and Economy, 36 pp.
1-9 copies, $14 each; 10 copies or more, $10.50 each, plus shipping and handling.

Working Papers
The Lincoln Institute regularly makes available working papers that present the results of new and continuing research on issues related to the Institute’s land policy agenda. Most papers are of article length, and many are later published in professional or scholarly journals. The Institute announces the following papers, as well as a special working paper consisting of abstracts from all in-print papers.
Andelson, Robert V., Robert A. Gilmour and C. Lowell Harriss, “Ethics of Land Use and the Ideas of Henry George.” 38 pages, $7. WP95RA1

Barkin, David, “Wealth, Poverty and Sustainable Development.” (revised version of 1994 paper) 46 pages, $7. WP94DB1

Berke, Philip R. and Jack Kartez, “Sustainable Development as a Guide to Community Land Use Policy.” 34 pages, $7. WP95PB1

Blakely, Edward J., and Mary Gail Snyder, “Fortress America: Gated and Walled Communities in the United States.” 63 pages, $10. WP95EB1

Bourassa, Steven C., Max Neutze, and Ann Louise Strong, “Leasehold policies and Land Use Planning in Canberra: A Critical Assessment.” 61 pages, $10. WP95SB1

Burchell, Robert W., and David Listokin, “Land, Infrastructure, Housing Costs and Fiscal Impacts Associated with Growth: The Literature on the Impacts of Sprawl versus Managed Growth.” 33 pages, $7. WP95RB1

Foster, Charles H. W., “The Environmental Sense of Place: Precepts for the Environmental Practitioner.” 20 pages, $5. WP95CF1

Foute, Steven J., “Local Government Sustainable Development Strategies and the Climate-Friendly City: United States and Europe.” 55 pages, $10. WP95SF1

Gaffney, Mason, “Land as a Distinctive Factor of Production.” 41 pages, $7. WP95MG1

Hughes, Mark Alan, “Urban Employment Growth Patterns in Nine Large Metropolitan Areas, 1977-1987.” 48 pages, $7. WP95MH1

Korngold, Gerald, “Private Land Use Controls: Private Initiative and the public Interest in the Homeowners Association Context.” 20 pages, $5. WP95GK1

Oates, Wallace, and Robert Schwab, “Impact of Urban Land Taxation: The Pittsburgh Experience.” (revised version of 1992 paper) 40 pages, $7. WP92WO1

Park, Sung-Pyo, “Alternative Land Policy Choices for Korea’s Future.” 47 pages, $7. WP95SP1

Tideman, Nicolaus, “The Economics of Efficient Taxes on Land.” 28 pages, $5. WP95NT3

Tideman, Nicolaus, “Taxing Land is Better than Neutral: Land Taxes, Land Speculation and the Timing of Development.” 25 pages, $5. WP95NT1

Tideman, Nicolaus and Cathleen Johnson, “Statistical Analysis of Graded Property Taxes in Pennsylvania.” 39 pages, $7. WP95NT2

“Working Papers Abstracts.” 27 pages. $5. WP95AB1