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Mayor’s Desk
On Leading a Post-Industrial City in a Post-National World
September 2019, English
Marvin Rees was born in Bristol, U.K., and grew up in the city’s public housing. From there, he went on to study economic history and politics at Swansea University, then global development at Eastern University in Pennsylvania and the Yale World Fellows global leadership program. Rees worked in public health, promoting racial equality in […]
Climate Change, Housing, Local Government, Poverty and Inequality
September 2019, English
Marvin Rees was born in Bristol, U.K., and grew up in the city’s public housing. From there, he went on to study economic history and politics at Swansea University, then global development at Eastern University in Pennsylvania and the Yale World Fellows global leadership program. Rees worked in public health, promoting racial equality in […]
Climate Change, Housing, Local Government, Poverty and Inequality
Land Matters Podcast
Episode 4: Solutions in Slums
August 2019, English
Over the years, cities have responded to the expansion of such informal settlements with a range of policies including eviction and relocation. But some suggest that cities should stop thinking of slums as a problem to be solved.
City and Regional Planning, Informal Settlements
August 2019, English
Over the years, cities have responded to the expansion of such informal settlements with a range of policies including eviction and relocation. But some suggest that cities should stop thinking of slums as a problem to be solved.
City and Regional Planning, Informal Settlements
Economic Development
Vermont Attempts a Kinder, Gentler TIF—But Will it Work?
By Will Jason
August 2019, English
Vermont has enacted some of the nation’s tightest restrictions on tax increment financing, a common economic development tool with a less-than-stellar track record. Can these guardrails make TIF work?
Economic Development, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance
August 2019, English
Vermont has enacted some of the nation’s tightest restrictions on tax increment financing, a common economic development tool with a less-than-stellar track record. Can these guardrails make TIF work?
Economic Development, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance
Climate Resilience
Seattle Utility, Housing Groups Launch Bold Experiment in Climate Equity
By Emma Zehner
August 2019, English
In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared Seattle’s lower Duwamish River, a major industrial waterway flowing into Puget Sound, a Superfund Site. Later studies of health outcomes for the adjacent low-income South Park and Georgetown neighborhoods confirmed what residents had known for years — in a city known for its commitment to […]
Climate Change, Environment, Housing, Infrastructure
August 2019, English
In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared Seattle’s lower Duwamish River, a major industrial waterway flowing into Puget Sound, a Superfund Site. Later studies of health outcomes for the adjacent low-income South Park and Georgetown neighborhoods confirmed what residents had known for years — in a city known for its commitment to […]
Climate Change, Environment, Housing, Infrastructure
Global Urbanization
Learning From China's Explosive Urban Growth
By Katharine Wroth
August 2019, English
Over the past four decades, more than 500 million people have moved from rural China to the nation’s cities, drawn by economic opportunities unavailable in the countryside. Today, 60 percent of the population lives in urban areas, compared to just 18 percent in 1978. The rapid, often uncoordinated urban growth caused by this massive […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanization
August 2019, English
Over the past four decades, more than 500 million people have moved from rural China to the nation’s cities, drawn by economic opportunities unavailable in the countryside. Today, 60 percent of the population lives in urban areas, compared to just 18 percent in 1978. The rapid, often uncoordinated urban growth caused by this massive […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanization
Are Land Use and Development Changes Associated with Value Capture as a Result of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Investments?
A Longitudinal Land Parcel Data Analysis of the First Phase of the BRT System in Bogota, Colombia
C. Erik Vergel-Tovar and Patrick Welch
August 2019, English
Working Paper
Land Use and Zoning, Value Capture
August 2019, English
Working Paper
Land Use and Zoning, Value Capture
Taxes and Economic Development
An Update on the State of the Economics Literature
Andrew Hanson
August 2019, English
Working Paper
Property Tax, Public Finance, Value Capture
August 2019, English
Working Paper
Property Tax, Public Finance, Value Capture
Agentes económicos en el mercado del suelo urbano de Santiago de Chile, período 2010–2015
Aportes a la discusión pública
Pablo Wainer Infante, Ivo Gasic Klett, and Rodrigo Sánchez Leiva
August 2019, Spanish
Working Paper
Housing, Land Markets, Poverty and Inequality, Public Finance, Urbanization
August 2019, Spanish
Working Paper
Housing, Land Markets, Poverty and Inequality, Public Finance, Urbanization
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