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Exploring Cuba’s Urban and Environmental Heritage
September 1998, English
Cuba is a striking country. Its historic capital city of Havana boasts 400 years of architectural heritage. Many areas are in a state of sad decay but some represent very creative approaches to preservation and economic development. Because of the focus on rural development after the 1959 revolution, Cuba did not experience the same kind […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Conservation, Urbanization
September 1998, English
Cuba is a striking country. Its historic capital city of Havana boasts 400 years of architectural heritage. Many areas are in a state of sad decay but some represent very creative approaches to preservation and economic development. Because of the focus on rural development after the 1959 revolution, Cuba did not experience the same kind […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Conservation, Urbanization
Foro Internacional sobre Regularización y Mercados de la Tierra
July 1998, 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. Académicos y profesionales involucrados en la regularización de asentamientos en sectores de bajos ingresos en Latinoamérica compartieron sus experiencias en un foro patrocinado por el Instituto Lincoln en […]
Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Markets, Urbanization
July 1998, 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. Académicos y profesionales involucrados en la regularización de asentamientos en sectores de bajos ingresos en Latinoamérica compartieron sus experiencias en un foro patrocinado por el Instituto Lincoln en […]
Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Markets, Urbanization
International Forum on Regularization and Land Markets
July 1998, English
Scholars and practitioners involved with the regularization of low-income settlements in Latin America shared their experiences in a forum sponsored by the Lincoln Institute last March and hosted by the City of Medellín and its regularization office, PRIMED (Integrated Program for the Improvement of Subnormal Barrios in Medellín). Participants included representatives from PRIMED, Medellín city […]
Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Markets, Urbanization
July 1998, English
Scholars and practitioners involved with the regularization of low-income settlements in Latin America shared their experiences in a forum sponsored by the Lincoln Institute last March and hosted by the City of Medellín and its regularization office, PRIMED (Integrated Program for the Improvement of Subnormal Barrios in Medellín). Participants included representatives from PRIMED, Medellín city […]
Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Markets, Urbanization
The Recovery of ‘Socially Created’ Land Values in Colombia
William A. Doebele
July 1998, English
On July 18, 1997, the Congress of the Republic of Colombia passed an innovative new Law of Land Development with ambitious goals for permitting municipalities to recover socially created land values, known in Spanish as plusvalía. Specifically, Law 388 declares that the public has a right “to participate” in increases in land values created when […]
City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Urbanization, Valuation
July 1998, English
On July 18, 1997, the Congress of the Republic of Colombia passed an innovative new Law of Land Development with ambitious goals for permitting municipalities to recover socially created land values, known in Spanish as plusvalía. Specifically, Law 388 declares that the public has a right “to participate” in increases in land values created when […]
City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Urbanization, Valuation
La recuperación de plusvalías ‘socialmente creadas’ en Colombia
William A. Doebele
July 1998, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 4 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. El 18 de julio de 1997 el Congreso de la República de Colombia aprobó una innovadora Ley de Desarrollo Territorial con objetivos ambiciosos que permiten que los municipios […]
City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Urbanization, Valuation
July 1998, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 4 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. El 18 de julio de 1997 el Congreso de la República de Colombia aprobó una innovadora Ley de Desarrollo Territorial con objetivos ambiciosos que permiten que los municipios […]
City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Urbanization, Valuation
La Regularización de la Tierra Urbana en Perú
May 1998, 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. En el área metropolitana de Lima, el acceso a la tierra urbana por parte de los sectores populares presenta un historial de problemas que son resultado de la […]
Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Markets, Land Use and Zoning
May 1998, 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. En el área metropolitana de Lima, el acceso a la tierra urbana por parte de los sectores populares presenta un historial de problemas que son resultado de la […]
Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Markets, Land Use and Zoning
Regularization of Urban Land in Peru
May 1998, English
Access to urban land by the popular sectors in metropolitan Lima has a troubled history resulting from the combination of spontaneous, unregulated land occupation and short-sighted policies to regularize land tenancy. Policies that were designed to resolve or mitigate irregular occupations have instead exacerbated the problem. A workshop on “Local Governments and the Management of […]
Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Markets, Land Use and Zoning
May 1998, English
Access to urban land by the popular sectors in metropolitan Lima has a troubled history resulting from the combination of spontaneous, unregulated land occupation and short-sighted policies to regularize land tenancy. Policies that were designed to resolve or mitigate irregular occupations have instead exacerbated the problem. A workshop on “Local Governments and the Management of […]
Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Markets, Land Use and Zoning
Land Prices, Land Markets, and the Broader Economy
Stephen K. Mayo
March 1998, English
The interactions between land and property markets and the broader economy of cities and nations are central to the Lincoln Institute’s concerns. Two key objectives of our work in this area are (1) to raise awareness about the stakes of good land policy for creating well-functioning land and property markets and for improving the performance […]
Economic Development, Land Markets, Public Finance, Valuation
March 1998, English
The interactions between land and property markets and the broader economy of cities and nations are central to the Lincoln Institute’s concerns. Two key objectives of our work in this area are (1) to raise awareness about the stakes of good land policy for creating well-functioning land and property markets and for improving the performance […]
Economic Development, Land Markets, Public Finance, Valuation
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