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Land Use and Design Innovations in Private Communities
Eran Ben-Joseph
October 2004, English
The twenty-first century will witness record growth in the number and distribution of private residential communities. Collectively referred to as common interest communities (CICs) or common interest developments (CIDs), these communities rely on covenants, conditions and restrictions to privately govern and control land use, design decisions, services and social conduct. The communities own, operate and […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Housing, Land Use and Zoning
October 2004, English
The twenty-first century will witness record growth in the number and distribution of private residential communities. Collectively referred to as common interest communities (CICs) or common interest developments (CIDs), these communities rely on covenants, conditions and restrictions to privately govern and control land use, design decisions, services and social conduct. The communities own, operate and […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Housing, Land Use and Zoning
Perfil docente
Francisco Sabatini
October 2004, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 7 del CD-ROM Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Francisco Sabatini, sociólogo y urbanista, es profesor de la Universidad Católica de Chile en Santiago, donde imparte cursos de planificación y estudios urbanos y realiza investigaciones en […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
October 2004, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 7 del CD-ROM Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Francisco Sabatini, sociólogo y urbanista, es profesor de la Universidad Católica de Chile en Santiago, donde imparte cursos de planificación y estudios urbanos y realiza investigaciones en […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
Land Regularization and Upgrading Programs Revisited
Edésio Fernandes and Martim O. Smolka
July 2004, English
Over the last two decades, and especially in the last few years, land regularization and upgrading programs have been implemented in informal settlements by central, regional and local governments in several Latin American countries. Important lessons must be learned from this incipient practice of urban policy making, not only to contribute toward improving existing experiences, […]
Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Local Government, Urbanization
July 2004, English
Over the last two decades, and especially in the last few years, land regularization and upgrading programs have been implemented in informal settlements by central, regional and local governments in several Latin American countries. Important lessons must be learned from this incipient practice of urban policy making, not only to contribute toward improving existing experiences, […]
Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Local Government, Urbanization
Faculty Profile
Ann-Margaret Esnard
July 2004, English
Ann-Margaret Esnard has been a faculty member and director of the GIS Lab in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University since 1997. Esnard’s multidisciplinary background in Regional Planning (Ph.D.), Agronomy and Soils (M.S.) and Agricultural Engineering (B.Sc.) is tied together by a computer applications theme and a fundamental belief in appropriate […]
July 2004, English
Ann-Margaret Esnard has been a faculty member and director of the GIS Lab in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University since 1997. Esnard’s multidisciplinary background in Regional Planning (Ph.D.), Agronomy and Soils (M.S.) and Agricultural Engineering (B.Sc.) is tied together by a computer applications theme and a fundamental belief in appropriate […]
Regularización de la tierra y programas de mejoramiento
Nuevas consideraciones
Edésio Fernandes and Martim O. Smolka
July 2004, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 2 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Durante las dos décadas pasadas, y en particular en años recientes, en varios países latinoamericanos los gobiernos centrales, regionales y locales han instrumentado programas de regularización de la […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Local Government, Urbanization
July 2004, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 2 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Durante las dos décadas pasadas, y en particular en años recientes, en varios países latinoamericanos los gobiernos centrales, regionales y locales han instrumentado programas de regularización de la […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Local Government, Urbanization
State Trust Lands
Balancing Public Value and Fiduciary Responsibility
Andy Laurenzi
July 2004, English
In June 2003 the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Sonoran Institute established a Joint Venture project to assist diverse audiences in improving state trust land administration in the American West. The goal of this partnership project is to ensure that conservation, collaborative land use planning, and efficient and effective asset management on behalf […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning
July 2004, English
In June 2003 the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Sonoran Institute established a Joint Venture project to assist diverse audiences in improving state trust land administration in the American West. The goal of this partnership project is to ensure that conservation, collaborative land use planning, and efficient and effective asset management on behalf […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning
Working Across Boundaries
A Framework for Regional Collaboration
Matthew McKinney, John Parr, and Ethan Seltzer
July 2004, English
The case for thinking and acting regionally has been made in this country for well over 100 years. After surveying the West in 1890, John Wesley Powell published an essay titled “Institutions for the Arid Lands,” in which he articulated his vision that the most appropriate institutions for governing western resources are commonwealths defined by […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning
July 2004, English
The case for thinking and acting regionally has been made in this country for well over 100 years. After surveying the West in 1890, John Wesley Powell published an essay titled “Institutions for the Arid Lands,” in which he articulated his vision that the most appropriate institutions for governing western resources are commonwealths defined by […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning
Farmland Preservation in China
Chengri Ding
July 2004, English
The fast pace of farmland conversion in the People’s Republic of China is causing alarm among top leaders concerned with food security and China’s ability to remain self-reliant in crop production. This loss of farmland is a direct result of China’s remarkable success in economic development over the past two decades, which has resulted in […]
Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
July 2004, English
The fast pace of farmland conversion in the People’s Republic of China is causing alarm among top leaders concerned with food security and China’s ability to remain self-reliant in crop production. This loss of farmland is a direct result of China’s remarkable success in economic development over the past two decades, which has resulted in […]
Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
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