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Building Civic Consensus in El Salvador
Mario Lungo, with Alejandra Mortarini and Fernando Rojas
January 1998, English
Decentralization of the state and growing business and community involvement in civic affairs are posing new challenges to the development of institutions focused on land policies and their implementation throughout Latin America. Mayors and local councils are assuming new responsibilities in the areas of environmental protection, urban transportation, basic infrastructure, local financing, social services and […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning
January 1998, English
Decentralization of the state and growing business and community involvement in civic affairs are posing new challenges to the development of institutions focused on land policies and their implementation throughout Latin America. Mayors and local councils are assuming new responsibilities in the areas of environmental protection, urban transportation, basic infrastructure, local financing, social services and […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning
Comparative Analysis of Global City Regions
Rosalind Greenstein
November 1997, English
How have infrastructure investments shaped global city regions? What have been the effects on the residents? Do the effects differ among residents in different sections of the city? Is the process different by type of infrastructure, such as highways, mass transit, airports or seaports? What if high-technology telecommunications infrastructures are included among our considerations? When […]
City and Regional Planning, Technology and Tools, Urbanization
November 1997, English
How have infrastructure investments shaped global city regions? What have been the effects on the residents? Do the effects differ among residents in different sections of the city? Is the process different by type of infrastructure, such as highways, mass transit, airports or seaports? What if high-technology telecommunications infrastructures are included among our considerations? When […]
City and Regional Planning, Technology and Tools, Urbanization
Land Equity for the Urban Poor
Sonia Pereira
November 1997, English
Increasing socio-economic and spatial disparities in Latin American cities have prompted a revival of interest in equity-oriented government policies to reduce those disparities. However, solutions to the major urban problems being faced today must go far beyond the implementation of inconsistent and narrowly defined actions. The solutions must ensure equity for all sectors of society. […]
Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
November 1997, English
Increasing socio-economic and spatial disparities in Latin American cities have prompted a revival of interest in equity-oriented government policies to reduce those disparities. However, solutions to the major urban problems being faced today must go far beyond the implementation of inconsistent and narrowly defined actions. The solutions must ensure equity for all sectors of society. […]
Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
Equidad en el acceso al suelo para la población urbana pobre
Sonia Pereira
November 1997, 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. Al acentuarse las disparidades socioeconómicas y espaciales en las ciudades de América Latina ha resurgido el interés en políticas gubernamentales orientadas hacia la equidad que buscan reducir dichas […]
Environment, Informal Settlements, Land Use and Zoning, Poverty and Inequality
November 1997, 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. Al acentuarse las disparidades socioeconómicas y espaciales en las ciudades de América Latina ha resurgido el interés en políticas gubernamentales orientadas hacia la equidad que buscan reducir dichas […]
Environment, Informal Settlements, Land Use and Zoning, Poverty and Inequality
Land Use in the Southeast
Kathryn J. Lincoln
November 1997, English
Would you like to experience the results of dedicated city and regional planning achieved with the cooperation and participation of the citizenry? Then you might consider Chattanooga. Participants in the recent Lincoln Institute conference, “Land Use in the Southeast: Reflections and Directions,” experienced Chattanooga’s renaissance first hand. The conference was the third in a series […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning
November 1997, English
Would you like to experience the results of dedicated city and regional planning achieved with the cooperation and participation of the citizenry? Then you might consider Chattanooga. Participants in the recent Lincoln Institute conference, “Land Use in the Southeast: Reflections and Directions,” experienced Chattanooga’s renaissance first hand. The conference was the third in a series […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning
South Africa
Land Policy and Taxation in Transition
November 1997, English
The shift to a multi-racial government in South Africa is as pronounced and dramatic a transition as that of the new independent states of Central and Eastern Europe. In the past five years, South Africa has adopted a new constitution, elected a new government, redrawn state and municipal boundaries, and undertaken basic reform of its […]
Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Property Tax, Public Finance
November 1997, English
The shift to a multi-racial government in South Africa is as pronounced and dramatic a transition as that of the new independent states of Central and Eastern Europe. In the past five years, South Africa has adopted a new constitution, elected a new government, redrawn state and municipal boundaries, and undertaken basic reform of its […]
Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Property Tax, Public Finance
Planificación estratégica en Córdoba
Douglas Keare and Ricardo Vanella
September 1997, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 5 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. El Instituto Lincoln está colaborando en Argentina con la ciudad de Córdoba en un proyecto de gran importancia para cambiar las formas de abordar la planificación física de […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
September 1997, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 5 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. El Instituto Lincoln está colaborando en Argentina con la ciudad de Córdoba en un proyecto de gran importancia para cambiar las formas de abordar la planificación física de […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
Strategic Planning in Cordoba
Douglas Keare and Ricardo Vanella
September 1997, English
The Lincoln Institute is collaborating with the city of Cordoba, Argentina, on a major project to change approaches to and instruments used for physical planning in the city. Cordoba presents an especially interesting case because of its strategic location at the center of the core development area of Mercosur. The first phase of the project […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
September 1997, English
The Lincoln Institute is collaborating with the city of Cordoba, Argentina, on a major project to change approaches to and instruments used for physical planning in the city. Cordoba presents an especially interesting case because of its strategic location at the center of the core development area of Mercosur. The first phase of the project […]
City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
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