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Past, Present and Future in Cuba
Clair Enlow
October 2002, English
For the past several years, the Lincoln Institute has been collaborating with the Loeb Fellowship Program based at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. The program was established in 1970 through the generosity of Harvard alumnus John L. Loeb to allow mid-career professionals to study independently and gain additional tools to help revitalize the built […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
October 2002, English
For the past several years, the Lincoln Institute has been collaborating with the Loeb Fellowship Program based at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. The program was established in 1970 through the generosity of Harvard alumnus John L. Loeb to allow mid-career professionals to study independently and gain additional tools to help revitalize the built […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
Progress Toward Value-Based Taxation of Real Property in Lithuania
Kestutis Sabaliauskas and Albina Aleksiene
October 2002, English
The Republic of Lithuania, which declared its independence from the USSR in 1990, is the largest and the southernmost of the Baltic countries, with a total area of 65,300 sq. km. and a population of 3.5 million. Although the other Baltic countries introduced market value-based land taxes earlier, Lithuania anticipates that its up-to-date real property […]
Property Tax, Technology and Tools, Valuation
October 2002, English
The Republic of Lithuania, which declared its independence from the USSR in 1990, is the largest and the southernmost of the Baltic countries, with a total area of 65,300 sq. km. and a population of 3.5 million. Although the other Baltic countries introduced market value-based land taxes earlier, Lithuania anticipates that its up-to-date real property […]
Property Tax, Technology and Tools, Valuation
Pasado, presente y futuro en Cuba
Clair Enlow
October 2002, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 1 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. En los últimos años, el Instituto Lincoln ha venido colaborando con el programa de becas Loeb, el cual tiene sede en la Escuela de Posgrado en Diseño de […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
October 2002, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 1 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. En los últimos años, el Instituto Lincoln ha venido colaborando con el programa de becas Loeb, el cual tiene sede en la Escuela de Posgrado en Diseño de […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
Reviving Environmental Regionalism
Charles H. W. Foster
October 2002, English
Throughout North America, there is a growing trend to approach land use, natural resources and environmental problems on a regional basis. Since existing government agencies often lack broad authority, local and environmental leaders are increasingly taking the initiative to address the social, economic and environmental issues of a particular place by reaching across conventional political […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment
October 2002, English
Throughout North America, there is a growing trend to approach land use, natural resources and environmental problems on a regional basis. Since existing government agencies often lack broad authority, local and environmental leaders are increasingly taking the initiative to address the social, economic and environmental issues of a particular place by reaching across conventional political […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment
Land and Biodiversity Conservation
A Leadership Dialogue
July 2002, English
The Lincoln Institute, with the Land Trust Alliance and the National Park Service Conservation Study Institute, is working with two dozen senior conservation practitioners from public, private, nonprofit and academic organizations across the nation to consider the grand challenges facing the North American land and biodiversity conservation community in the twenty-first century. The conservationists, who […]
Economic Development, Environment, Land Conservation, Technology and Tools
July 2002, English
The Lincoln Institute, with the Land Trust Alliance and the National Park Service Conservation Study Institute, is working with two dozen senior conservation practitioners from public, private, nonprofit and academic organizations across the nation to consider the grand challenges facing the North American land and biodiversity conservation community in the twenty-first century. The conservationists, who […]
Economic Development, Environment, Land Conservation, Technology and Tools
Downtown Living
A Deeper Look
Eugenie Ladner Birch
July 2002, English
In a report titled A Rise in Downtown Living, the Brookings Institution and the Fannie Mae Foundation (1998) highlighted an emerging land use movement in 24 U.S. cities. The release of the 2000 U.S. Census data verified the progress in those cities in another brief, Downtown Rebound (Sohmer and Lang 2001). While these publications alerted […]
City and Regional Planning, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
July 2002, English
In a report titled A Rise in Downtown Living, the Brookings Institution and the Fannie Mae Foundation (1998) highlighted an emerging land use movement in 24 U.S. cities. The release of the 2000 U.S. Census data verified the progress in those cities in another brief, Downtown Rebound (Sohmer and Lang 2001). While these publications alerted […]
City and Regional Planning, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
Reforma de la política habitacional
Una perspectiva global
Shlomo Angel and Douglas Keare
April 2002, 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. En este artículo se presenta el resumen de una clase dada por Shlomo Angel y una discusión de mesa redonda sobre su libro Housing Policy Matters: A Global […]
April 2002, 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. En este artículo se presenta el resumen de una clase dada por Shlomo Angel y una discusión de mesa redonda sobre su libro Housing Policy Matters: A Global […]
The Mystery of Credit
April 2002, English
The introduction of land titling programs to the informal land market seemed to offer a magic solution to the problem of poverty in third world countries. Various governments breathed a sigh of relief, as the struggle to reduce poverty would no longer require the complex and stressful income redistribution measures that always cause conflicts between […]
City and Regional Planning, Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Markets
April 2002, English
The introduction of land titling programs to the informal land market seemed to offer a magic solution to the problem of poverty in third world countries. Various governments breathed a sigh of relief, as the struggle to reduce poverty would no longer require the complex and stressful income redistribution measures that always cause conflicts between […]
City and Regional Planning, Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Markets
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