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Universities as Developers
An International Conversation
Barbara Sherry
January 2005, English
In the United States we are used to thinking about the university within the context of its host city. The University of Wisconsin in Madison, the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and the University of Illinois in Urbana play major roles in driving the economies of those traditional college towns. Stanford University and […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
January 2005, English
In the United States we are used to thinking about the university within the context of its host city. The University of Wisconsin in Madison, the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and the University of Illinois in Urbana play major roles in driving the economies of those traditional college towns. Stanford University and […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
Suelo y grandes proyectos urbanos
La experiencia latinoamericana
Mario Lungo y Martim O. Smolka
January 2005, 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 valor del suelo está determinado primariamente por factores externos, principalmente por cambios que ocurren en el ámbito vecinal u otras partes de la ciudad, más que […]
City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Urbanization, Valuation
January 2005, 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 valor del suelo está determinado primariamente por factores externos, principalmente por cambios que ocurren en el ámbito vecinal u otras partes de la ciudad, más que […]
City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Urbanization, Valuation
From the Editor
Ann LeRoyer
January 2005, English
When Jim Brown joined the Lincoln Institute as president and CEO in May 1996, he had served on the faculty of Harvard University for 26 years and headed the Joint Center for Housing Studies at the Kennedy School, considered the most prestigious research center on U.S. housing issues. As he prepares for retirement from the […]
City and Regional Planning, Housing
January 2005, English
When Jim Brown joined the Lincoln Institute as president and CEO in May 1996, he had served on the faculty of Harvard University for 26 years and headed the Joint Center for Housing Studies at the Kennedy School, considered the most prestigious research center on U.S. housing issues. As he prepares for retirement from the […]
City and Regional Planning, Housing
Declaración de Buenos Aires
January 2005, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 1 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Las políticas de gestión del suelo urbano y el funcionamiento de los mercados de suelo urbano han pasado a ocupar un papel más importante en el debate de […]
Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Public Finance, Urbanization
January 2005, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 1 del libro Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Las políticas de gestión del suelo urbano y el funcionamiento de los mercados de suelo urbano han pasado a ocupar un papel más importante en el debate de […]
Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Public Finance, Urbanization
Declaration of Buenos Aires
January 2005, English
Urban land management policies and land market operations have taken on greater status in the debate on urban public policy in Latin America, and they are given increased attention in academic research and the development agendas of many countries in the region. Over the past 10 years the Lincoln Institute’s Program on Latin America and […]
Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Public Finance, Urbanization
January 2005, English
Urban land management policies and land market operations have taken on greater status in the debate on urban public policy in Latin America, and they are given increased attention in academic research and the development agendas of many countries in the region. Over the past 10 years the Lincoln Institute’s Program on Latin America and […]
Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Public Finance, Urbanization
Land Value and Large Urban Projects
The Latin American Experience
Mario Lungo and Martim O. Smolka
January 2005, English
Land value is determined primarily by external factors, mainly changes that occur in the neighborhood or other parts of the city rather than by direct actions of the landowner. This observation is especially valid for small lots whose form or type of occupancy do not generate sufficiently strong externalities to increase their own value retroactively; […]
City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Urbanization, Valuation
January 2005, English
Land value is determined primarily by external factors, mainly changes that occur in the neighborhood or other parts of the city rather than by direct actions of the landowner. This observation is especially valid for small lots whose form or type of occupancy do not generate sufficiently strong externalities to increase their own value retroactively; […]
City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Urbanization, Valuation
Taxing Publicly Owned Land in China
A Paradox?
January 2005, English
After spending more than a decade on restructuring central-provincial fiscal relations, the Chinese government is advancing its efforts to reform local public finance. In 2003 the central government issued a directive to ameliorate the real property tax system in China. To fulfill this mandate, tax authorities are reviewing international property taxation experiences, sending officials overseas […]
Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government, Property Tax
January 2005, English
After spending more than a decade on restructuring central-provincial fiscal relations, the Chinese government is advancing its efforts to reform local public finance. In 2003 the central government issued a directive to ameliorate the real property tax system in China. To fulfill this mandate, tax authorities are reviewing international property taxation experiences, sending officials overseas […]
Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government, Property Tax
Faculty Profile
Thomas A. Jaconetty
January 2005, English
Thomas A. Jaconetty is the chief deputy commissioner of the Board of Review (formerly the Board of Appeals) of Cook County, Illinois. During the past 24 years he has been involved in the disposition or review of taxes on more than 600,000 parcels of real estate. He is a member of the International Association of […]
Land and Property Rights, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation
January 2005, English
Thomas A. Jaconetty is the chief deputy commissioner of the Board of Review (formerly the Board of Appeals) of Cook County, Illinois. During the past 24 years he has been involved in the disposition or review of taxes on more than 600,000 parcels of real estate. He is a member of the International Association of […]
Land and Property Rights, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation
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