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Farming Inside Cities
Jerry Kaufman and Martin Bailkey
January 2001, English
When people think of growing food in the United States, the images that come to mind are vast stretches of vegetable and fruit tree farms in California’s Central Valley, golden fields of wheat in the Plains states, and cows grazing on verdant rural landscapes in the Midwest and New England. Rarely is the image one […]
Environment, Land and Property Rights, Land Conservation, Land Markets
January 2001, English
When people think of growing food in the United States, the images that come to mind are vast stretches of vegetable and fruit tree farms in California’s Central Valley, golden fields of wheat in the Plains states, and cows grazing on verdant rural landscapes in the Midwest and New England. Rarely is the image one […]
Environment, Land and Property Rights, Land Conservation, Land Markets
Mercados de suelos residenciales disfuncionales
Las colonias de Texas
Peter Ward
January 2001, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 7 del CD-ROM Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Un mecanismo creciente de producción de suelo y vivienda en los Estados Unidos lo constituyen las subdivisiones comunitarias automanejadas de bajos recursos, denominadas “colonias” en Texas. En un […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Land Markets, Poverty and Inequality
January 2001, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 7 del CD-ROM Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Un mecanismo creciente de producción de suelo y vivienda en los Estados Unidos lo constituyen las subdivisiones comunitarias automanejadas de bajos recursos, denominadas “colonias” en Texas. En un […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Land Markets, Poverty and Inequality
Dysfunctional Residential Land Markets
Colonias in Texas
January 2001, English
Low-income, self-managed homestead subdivisions, called colonias in Texas, are a rapidly expanding form of land and housing production in the United States. In a recently completed Lincoln Institute-supported study, I have analyzed the dysfunctional aspects of these land markets as measured by a high level of absentee lot ownership, modest lot and property transactions and […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Land Markets, Poverty and Inequality
January 2001, English
Low-income, self-managed homestead subdivisions, called colonias in Texas, are a rapidly expanding form of land and housing production in the United States. In a recently completed Lincoln Institute-supported study, I have analyzed the dysfunctional aspects of these land markets as measured by a high level of absentee lot ownership, modest lot and property transactions and […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Land Markets, Poverty and Inequality
Presupuesto participativo y políticas de poderes en Porto Alegre
William W. Goldsmith and Carlos B. Vainer
January 2001, 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. En octubre del año 2000, los ciudadanos de casi la mitad de las 60 principales ciudades brasileñas, agraviados por décadas de pobreza y ola delictiva, además de pésimos […]
Economic Development, Poverty and Inequality, Public Finance
January 2001, 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. En octubre del año 2000, los ciudadanos de casi la mitad de las 60 principales ciudades brasileñas, agraviados por décadas de pobreza y ola delictiva, además de pésimos […]
Economic Development, Poverty and Inequality, Public Finance
Participatory Budgeting and Power Politics in Porto Alegre
William W. Goldsmith and Carlos B. Vainer
January 2001, English
Responding to decades of poverty, poor housing, inadequate health care, rampant crime, deficient schools, poorly planned infrastructure, and inequitable access to services, citizens in about half of Brazil’s 60 major cities voted in October 2000 for mayors from left-wing parties noted for advocacy, honesty and transparency. These reform administrations are introducing new hopes and expectations, […]
Economic Development, Poverty and Inequality, Public Finance
January 2001, English
Responding to decades of poverty, poor housing, inadequate health care, rampant crime, deficient schools, poorly planned infrastructure, and inequitable access to services, citizens in about half of Brazil’s 60 major cities voted in October 2000 for mayors from left-wing parties noted for advocacy, honesty and transparency. These reform administrations are introducing new hopes and expectations, […]
Economic Development, Poverty and Inequality, Public Finance
Land Lines, January 2001
Edited by Ann LeRoyer
January 2001, English
Economic Development, Environment, Housing, Land and Property Rights, Land Markets, Poverty and Inequality, Public Finance
January 2001, English
Economic Development, Environment, Housing, Land and Property Rights, Land Markets, Poverty and Inequality, Public Finance
Experiencia de contribución de mejoras en el Peru
Margarita Gamarra Huayapa
January 2001, Spanish
Working Paper
Property Tax, Value Capture
January 2001, Spanish
Working Paper
Property Tax, Value Capture
Urban Spatial Segregation
Forces, Consequences, and Policy Responses
By Rosalind Greenstein, Francisco Sabatini, and Martim Smolka
November 2000, English
Spatial segregation is a feature of metropolises from San Diego to Boston, from Santiago to Cape Town, from Belfast to Bangalore. In some places the segregation is associated primarily with racial groups, in other places, ethnicity or religion, while in still other places, income status. In our experiences with the Americas, we find that international […]
City and Regional Planning, Informal Settlements, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
November 2000, English
Spatial segregation is a feature of metropolises from San Diego to Boston, from Santiago to Cape Town, from Belfast to Bangalore. In some places the segregation is associated primarily with racial groups, in other places, ethnicity or religion, while in still other places, income status. In our experiences with the Americas, we find that international […]
City and Regional Planning, Informal Settlements, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
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