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The 2016 Atlas of Urban Expansion Indicates Global De-Densification
October 2016, English
Cities around the world seem to be stretching out physically and consuming land at a rate that exceeds population growth. As populations double, land use triples. When city growth comes up in public discourse, the conversation almost invariably focuses on population. We speak of “booming” cities that have grown from, say, 2 to 5 million […]
October 2016, English
Cities around the world seem to be stretching out physically and consuming land at a rate that exceeds population growth. As populations double, land use triples. When city growth comes up in public discourse, the conversation almost invariably focuses on population. We speak of “booming” cities that have grown from, say, 2 to 5 million […]
WPA 2.0
Beauty, Economics, Politics, and the Creation of New Public Infrastructure
October 2016, English
This feature is adapted from Nature and Cities: The Ecological Imperative in Urban Design and Planning, edited by Frederick R. Steiner, George F. Thompson, and Armando Carbonell (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, November 2016). During the past 400 years, the land known as the United States of America has been transformed by massive public and […]
October 2016, English
This feature is adapted from Nature and Cities: The Ecological Imperative in Urban Design and Planning, edited by Frederick R. Steiner, George F. Thompson, and Armando Carbonell (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, November 2016). During the past 400 years, the land known as the United States of America has been transformed by massive public and […]
New Lincoln Institute Book
Nature and Cities
October 2016, English
Nature and Cities: The Ecological Imperative in Urban Design and Planning Edited by Frederick R. Steiner, George F. Thompson, and Armando Carbonell “The beautiful photographs and lush design of Nature and Cities mask a radical and revolutionary set of ideas from some of the world’s most insightful and intelligent landscape architects and urbanists. Brilliantly curated […]
October 2016, English
Nature and Cities: The Ecological Imperative in Urban Design and Planning Edited by Frederick R. Steiner, George F. Thompson, and Armando Carbonell “The beautiful photographs and lush design of Nature and Cities mask a radical and revolutionary set of ideas from some of the world’s most insightful and intelligent landscape architects and urbanists. Brilliantly curated […]
New Lincoln Institute Policy Focus Report
Buy-In for Buyouts
October 2016, English
Buy-In for Buyouts: The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood Zones By Robert Freudenberg, Ellis Calvin, Laura Tolkoff, and Dare Brawley In the face of rising sea levels, more frequent and severe storms, and other climate change risks, flood-prone communities need to give greater consideration to strategic retreat through buyouts, a policy tool for removing residential development […]
October 2016, English
Buy-In for Buyouts: The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood Zones By Robert Freudenberg, Ellis Calvin, Laura Tolkoff, and Dare Brawley In the face of rising sea levels, more frequent and severe storms, and other climate change risks, flood-prone communities need to give greater consideration to strategic retreat through buyouts, a policy tool for removing residential development […]
Land Lines, October 2016
October 2016, English
In this special edition for Habitat III we map the future—with content on the New Urban Agenda; the 2016 Atlas of Urban Expansion; the Chesapeake Conservancy’s groundbreaking high-resolution land cover GIS; and the need for a U.S. infrastructure upgrade.
October 2016, English
In this special edition for Habitat III we map the future—with content on the New Urban Agenda; the 2016 Atlas of Urban Expansion; the Chesapeake Conservancy’s groundbreaking high-resolution land cover GIS; and the need for a U.S. infrastructure upgrade.
Sistemas del impuesto predial en América Latina y el Caribe
October 2016, Spanish
October 2016, Spanish
October 2016, English
September 2016, English
