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Urban Land as a Factor in Economic and Social Inclusion

The Experience of Havana

Ricardo Núñez Fernández

October 2008, English

Working Paper

October 2008, English

Working Paper

The Land Tax Is Pretty Neutral

N. Edward Coulson and Herman Li

September 2008, English

Working Paper

Land Value Taxation

September 2008, English

Working Paper

Land Value Taxation

How Differences in Property Taxes within Cities Affect Urban Sprawl

Yan Song and Yves Zenou

September 2008, English

Working Paper

Property Tax, Urbanization

September 2008, English

Working Paper

Property Tax, Urbanization

People or Place?

Revisiting the Who Versus the Where of Urban Development

Randall Crane and Michael Manville

July 2008, English

One of the longest standing debates in community economic development is between “place-based” and “people-based” approaches to combating poverty, housing affordability, chronic unemployment, and community decline. Should help go to distressed places or distressed people?

City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Poverty and Inequality

July 2008, English

One of the longest standing debates in community economic development is between “place-based” and “people-based” approaches to combating poverty, housing affordability, chronic unemployment, and community decline. Should help go to distressed places or distressed people?

City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Poverty and Inequality

Report From the President

Property Rights

Gregory K. Ingram

July 2008, English

Report from the President on Property Rights

Economic Development, Environment, Land and Property Rights

July 2008, English

Report from the President on Property Rights

Economic Development, Environment, Land and Property Rights

After Sprawl

The Humane Metropolis

Rutherford H. Platt

July 2008, English

Harmful impacts of sprawl in terms of air and water pollution, waste of energy and time, traffic congestion and highway accidents, lack of affordable housing, increased flooding, and loss of biodiversity have been widely documented (Platt 2004, ch. 6). Also, the fiscal impacts of sprawl on local communities have been evaluated by researchers at the […]

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Land Use and Zoning

July 2008, English

Harmful impacts of sprawl in terms of air and water pollution, waste of energy and time, traffic congestion and highway accidents, lack of affordable housing, increased flooding, and loss of biodiversity have been widely documented (Platt 2004, ch. 6). Also, the fiscal impacts of sprawl on local communities have been evaluated by researchers at the […]

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Land Use and Zoning

Urban Housing Informality

Does Building and Land Use Regulation Matter?

Ciro Biderman, Martim Smolka, and Anna Sant’Anna

July 2008, English

New evidence from Brazil indicates that the regulation of land use and building standards can reinforce other factors that contribute to informal and irregular urban land occupation. The magnitude and persistence of informality in Latin American cities cannot be fully explained by poverty rates (which are declining), insufficient public investment in social housing or urban […]

Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization

July 2008, English

New evidence from Brazil indicates that the regulation of land use and building standards can reinforce other factors that contribute to informal and irregular urban land occupation. The magnitude and persistence of informality in Latin American cities cannot be fully explained by poverty rates (which are declining), insufficient public investment in social housing or urban […]

Informal Settlements, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization

A Model for Sustainable Development in Arizona’s Sun Corridor

Luther Propst

July 2008, English

Emerging concerns about climate change impacts along with changing preferences for housing options are shaping the debate over growth patterns and sustainability. Climate modeling experts expect Arizona’s Sun Corridor to become hotter, drier, and more prone to extreme weather events. In a region where summer temperatures top 110°, annual precipitation is only 9 to 10 […]

Climate Change, Environment, Housing, Land Use and Zoning

July 2008, English

Emerging concerns about climate change impacts along with changing preferences for housing options are shaping the debate over growth patterns and sustainability. Climate modeling experts expect Arizona’s Sun Corridor to become hotter, drier, and more prone to extreme weather events. In a region where summer temperatures top 110°, annual precipitation is only 9 to 10 […]

Climate Change, Environment, Housing, Land Use and Zoning