The Lincoln Institute's 2010 Publications catalog features more than 100 books, policy focus reports, and multimedia resources. These publications represent the work of Institute faculty, fellows, and associates who are researching and reporting on the following topics: property taxation, valuation, and assessment; urban and regional planning; smart growth; land conservation; housing and urban development; and other land policy concerns in the United States, Latin America, Europe, China, South Africa, and o...

The community land trust movement is young but expanding rapidly. Nearly 20 CLTs are started every year as either new nonprofits or as programs or subsidiaries of existing organizations. Fueling this proliferation is a dramatic increase in local government investment and involvement. Over the past decade, a growing number of cities and counties have chosen not only to support existing CLT s, but also to start new ones, actively guiding their development and sponsoring their affordable housing initiatives.

Linking the worlds of community development, higher education administration and urban design, this accessible guidebook offers useful information on how universities and communities can best develop partnership projects. Its focus on smart growth projects further enhances its value for those interested in how urban, suburban and rural growth can be accommodated while preserving open spaces and quality of life.

Edited by Wim Wiewel and Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Partnerships for Smart Growth includes 13 c...

One of the longest standing debates in community economic development is between “place-based” and “peoplebased” approaches to combating poverty, housing affordability, chronic unemployment, and community decline. Should help go to distressed places or distressed people?

University-based property development is an important element of urban formation. Yet there is little information available to explain the significance of the university presence in urban development and enhance the state of the practice.

Integrating topics in urban development, real estate, higher education administration, urban design and campus landscape architecture, this is the first book to explore the role of the university as urban developer. Accessible and clearly written, and including contribu...

Institutions of higher education are entering a new era. Once considered enclaves of intellectual pursuit, they now play a much broader role in their neighborhoods and cities. They have become anchor institutions and key partners in contributing to urban economic and community development, not only through their direct impacts on employment, spending, and workforce development, but also through their ability to produce innovation, attract industry, and revitalize their own neighborhoods. To meet their expan...

Universities are involved in the development of their immediate neighborhoods for a variety of reasons. For some, it is a matter of self-preservation and marketing, as neighborhood deterioration and disinvestment can negatively affect student enrollments. Other institutions are driven primarily by the need for new or updated facilities, such as laboratories, classrooms, student housing or athletic fields, which require expansion beyond existing campus boundaries, or by a long-standing commitment to neighbor...