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Políticas de suelo urbano

Perspectivas internacionales para América Latina

Edited by Martim O. Smolka and Laura Mullahy

April 2015, Spanish

Book

April 2015, Spanish

Book

Message from the President

Strengthening Municipal Fiscal Health

George W. McCarthy

April 2015, English

When one looks at fiscally distressed cities, it is easy to conclude that insolvency is simply a product of ineffective management, a lack of financial discipline, or the incompetence or corruption of local government. However, several important countervailing facts are worth considering: fiscal insolvency of municipalities today is often the artifact of bad planning decisions […]

City and Regional Planning, Land Markets, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance

April 2015, English

When one looks at fiscally distressed cities, it is easy to conclude that insolvency is simply a product of ineffective management, a lack of financial discipline, or the incompetence or corruption of local government. However, several important countervailing facts are worth considering: fiscal insolvency of municipalities today is often the artifact of bad planning decisions […]

City and Regional Planning, Land Markets, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance

Poseer y conservar

En riesgo los títulos de propiedad en Perú

Ryan Dubé

April 2015, Spanish

Hace casi 30 años, Amalia Reátegui y su esposo, Eusebio, empacaron sus pertenencias, reunieron a sus ocho hijos y se mudaron a su nuevo hogar: un polvoriento lote en la árida periferia de Lima, la capital de Perú. Al principio, la vida no fue fácil allí. No disponían de servicios básicos, como agua corriente y […]

Economic Development, Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Conflict Resolution

April 2015, Spanish

Hace casi 30 años, Amalia Reátegui y su esposo, Eusebio, empacaron sus pertenencias, reunieron a sus ocho hijos y se mudaron a su nuevo hogar: un polvoriento lote en la árida periferia de Lima, la capital de Perú. Al principio, la vida no fue fácil allí. No disponían de servicios básicos, como agua corriente y […]

Economic Development, Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Conflict Resolution

The Once and Future City

Detroit

John Gallagher

April 2015, English

Old-timers in Detroit like to recall the 1950s and ’60s as a Golden Age of urban planning. Under Charles Blessing, the city’s charismatic head planner from 1953 to 1977, Detroit carried out a series of ambitious attempts to reshape its urban landscape. Sweeping aside a century’s worth of tenements and small commercial structures, it created […]

City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanization

April 2015, English

Old-timers in Detroit like to recall the 1950s and ’60s as a Golden Age of urban planning. Under Charles Blessing, the city’s charismatic head planner from 1953 to 1977, Detroit carried out a series of ambitious attempts to reshape its urban landscape. Sweeping aside a century’s worth of tenements and small commercial structures, it created […]

City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanization

Tecnociudad

La aplicación Blightstatus de Civic Insight

Rob Walker

April 2015, Spanish

Hace cinco años, Mandy Pumilia, residente de Nueva Orleáns, estaba preocupada por la gran cantidad de estructuras aparentemente deterioradas que existían en su barrio, conocido como Bywater, donde actualmente se desempeña como vicepresidente de la asociación de vecinos. A pesar de todos los esfuerzos realizados con posterioridad a la catástrofe de Katrina, resultaba muy difícil […]

City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Technology and Tools, Urbanization

April 2015, Spanish

Hace cinco años, Mandy Pumilia, residente de Nueva Orleáns, estaba preocupada por la gran cantidad de estructuras aparentemente deterioradas que existían en su barrio, conocido como Bywater, donde actualmente se desempeña como vicepresidente de la asociación de vecinos. A pesar de todos los esfuerzos realizados con posterioridad a la catástrofe de Katrina, resultaba muy difícil […]

City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Technology and Tools, Urbanization

City Tech

Civic Insight’s BlightStatus App

Rob Walker

April 2015, English

Five years ago, New Orleans resident Mandy Pumilia was concerned about the number of apparently blighted structures in her neighborhood, known as Bywater, where she is currently vice president of the neighborhood association. Despite post-Katrina recovery efforts, it was hard to identify and track truly troubled properties, and she didn’t have access to city data […]

City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Technology and Tools, Urbanization

April 2015, English

Five years ago, New Orleans resident Mandy Pumilia was concerned about the number of apparently blighted structures in her neighborhood, known as Bywater, where she is currently vice president of the neighborhood association. Despite post-Katrina recovery efforts, it was hard to identify and track truly troubled properties, and she didn’t have access to city data […]

City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Technology and Tools, Urbanization

To Have & To Hold

Property Titles at Risk in Peru

Ryan Dubé

April 2015, English

Almost 30 years ago, Amalia Reátegui and her husband, Eusebio, packed up their possessions, wrestled together their eight children, and moved to their new home: a dusty plot of land on the barren outskirts of the Peruvian capital, Lima. At first, life wasn’t easy there. Basic services, like running water and electricity, weren’t available. Roads […]

Economic Development, Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Conflict Resolution

April 2015, English

Almost 30 years ago, Amalia Reátegui and her husband, Eusebio, packed up their possessions, wrestled together their eight children, and moved to their new home: a dusty plot of land on the barren outskirts of the Peruvian capital, Lima. At first, life wasn’t easy there. Basic services, like running water and electricity, weren’t available. Roads […]

Economic Development, Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Conflict Resolution

¿Cómo proporcionan los estados alivio tributario?

Un estudio nacional sobre exenciones a la vivienda familiar y créditos del impuesto sobre la propiedad

Adam H. Langley

April 2015, Spanish

El impuesto sobre la propiedad es el tributo más impopular de los Estados Unidos. Los estados han respondido a esta oposición pública promulgando una serie de políticas de alivio fiscal, especialmente para propietarios de vivienda (Cabral y Hoxby 2012). Entre los programas más comúnmente adoptados se encuentran las exenciones para la vivienda familiar (en inglés, […]

Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation

April 2015, Spanish

El impuesto sobre la propiedad es el tributo más impopular de los Estados Unidos. Los estados han respondido a esta oposición pública promulgando una serie de políticas de alivio fiscal, especialmente para propietarios de vivienda (Cabral y Hoxby 2012). Entre los programas más comúnmente adoptados se encuentran las exenciones para la vivienda familiar (en inglés, […]

Land Value Taxation, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation