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New Colombian Law Implements Value Capture

Fernando Rojas and Martim Smolka

March 1998, English

Rapid urban growth, concentrated land ownership, and land use regulations often contribute to a scarcity of land serviced by public infrastructure, which facilitates huge increases in land prices and incredible speculative gains. When the legal and administrative framework cannot be changed easily to let markets operate gradual price adjustments that can be taxed via existing […]

Land Markets, Land Use and Zoning, Value Capture

March 1998, English

Rapid urban growth, concentrated land ownership, and land use regulations often contribute to a scarcity of land serviced by public infrastructure, which facilitates huge increases in land prices and incredible speculative gains. When the legal and administrative framework cannot be changed easily to let markets operate gradual price adjustments that can be taxed via existing […]

Land Markets, Land Use and Zoning, Value Capture

Nueva ley colombiana implementa la captura de la plusvalía

Fernando Rojas and Martim O. Smolka

March 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. Bajo condiciones de rápido crecimiento urbano, la concentración de la propiedad de la tierra y las leyes que regulan su uso contribuyen con frecuencia a la escasez de […]

Land Markets, Land Use and Zoning, Value Capture

March 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. Bajo condiciones de rápido crecimiento urbano, la concentración de la propiedad de la tierra y las leyes que regulan su uso contribuyen con frecuencia a la escasez de […]

Land Markets, Land Use and Zoning, Value Capture

Land Value Taxation

Could It Work Today?

Dick Netzer

March 1998, English

Decades before Henry George made a passionate case for the “single tax” in Progress and Poverty, the classical economists had recognized that, in theory, the land value tax was almost the perfect tax. There was a strong moral basis for the land value tax—land value increased over time because of growth in population and improvements […]

Economic Development, Land Value Taxation, Local Government, Public Finance

March 1998, English

Decades before Henry George made a passionate case for the “single tax” in Progress and Poverty, the classical economists had recognized that, in theory, the land value tax was almost the perfect tax. There was a strong moral basis for the land value tax—land value increased over time because of growth in population and improvements […]

Economic Development, Land Value Taxation, Local Government, Public Finance

Open Space Conservation

Investing In Your Community's Economic Health

John Tibbetts

February 1998, English

Policy Focus Report

City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Public Finance

February 1998, English

Policy Focus Report

City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Public Finance

Educación a nivel de las bases para las comunidades latinoamericanas

Sonia Pereira

January 1998, Spanish

Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 6 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Los sectores populares en la mayoría de las ciudades latinoamericanas se encuentran en una grave desventaja al intentar influenciar la planificación urbana y la administración de sus comunidades. […]

City and Regional Planning, Environment, Urbanization

January 1998, Spanish

Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 6 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Los sectores populares en la mayoría de las ciudades latinoamericanas se encuentran en una grave desventaja al intentar influenciar la planificación urbana y la administración de sus comunidades. […]

City and Regional Planning, Environment, Urbanization

Grassroots Education for Latin American Communities

Sonia Pereira

January 1998, English

The popular sectors in most Latin American cities are at a serious disadvantage in influencing land use planning and management in their communities. Although neighborhood activists may be well-organized locally, their interests are generally absent from decision making that can have broad implications for both urban land management and human rights. As part of its […]

City and Regional Planning, Environment, Urbanization

January 1998, English

The popular sectors in most Latin American cities are at a serious disadvantage in influencing land use planning and management in their communities. Although neighborhood activists may be well-organized locally, their interests are generally absent from decision making that can have broad implications for both urban land management and human rights. As part of its […]

City and Regional Planning, Environment, Urbanization

Controlling Sprawl in Boulder

Benefits and Pitfalls

Peter Pollock

January 1998, English

Boulder, Colorado, has developed a national reputation for having dealt creatively with growth management issues. The city has developed a 27,000-acre greenbelt, a system for controlling the rate of population growth by limiting building permits, and a defined urban growth boundary managed in cooperation with Boulder County. Boulder’s approach to urban growth boundaries, called the […]

City and Regional Planning, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization

January 1998, English

Boulder, Colorado, has developed a national reputation for having dealt creatively with growth management issues. The city has developed a 27,000-acre greenbelt, a system for controlling the rate of population growth by limiting building permits, and a defined urban growth boundary managed in cooperation with Boulder County. Boulder’s approach to urban growth boundaries, called the […]

City and Regional Planning, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization

Construir consenso civil en El Salvador

Mario Lungo, Alejandra Mortarini, and Fernando Rojas

January 1998, Spanish

Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 6 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. La descentralización del estado, el crecimiento de las empresas y la participación comunitaria en los asuntos públicos, están presentando nuevos retos para el desarrollo de las instituciones enfocadas […]

City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning

January 1998, Spanish

Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 6 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. La descentralización del estado, el crecimiento de las empresas y la participación comunitaria en los asuntos públicos, están presentando nuevos retos para el desarrollo de las instituciones enfocadas […]

City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning