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Cultivar el cambio

China modifica las regulaciones territoriales y mejora los acuerdos para los productores rurales

Por Matt Jenkins

January 2021, Spanish

  H ace varios años, los residentes rurales de Wukan, China, se sublevaron. En este pueblito portuario de la provincia meridional de Guangdong cundía la rabia con los dirigentes, que declararon en ruinas una franja de tierra y la vendieron a desarrolladores en un acuerdo encubierto. Los residentes no recibieron compensación. Las protestas comenzaron con […]

Land and Property Rights, Urbanization

January 2021, Spanish

  H ace varios años, los residentes rurales de Wukan, China, se sublevaron. En este pueblito portuario de la provincia meridional de Guangdong cundía la rabia con los dirigentes, que declararon en ruinas una franja de tierra y la vendieron a desarrolladores en un acuerdo encubierto. Los residentes no recibieron compensación. Las protestas comenzaron con […]

Land and Property Rights, Urbanization

Búsqueda de soluciones

Water & Tribes Initiative Encourages Collaborative Approach to Colorado River Management

Por Matt Jenkins

January 2021, Spanish

  E n el otoño de 2018, los gestores hídricos de Arizona debatían acaloradamente sobre cómo limitar los daños de una megasequía en el río Colorado que duró décadas. La sequía forzó cálculos y reajustes penosos en el uso del agua en toda la cuenca del río. Debido al modo en que se fue asignando […]

Environment, Water

January 2021, Spanish

  E n el otoño de 2018, los gestores hídricos de Arizona debatían acaloradamente sobre cómo limitar los daños de una megasequía en el río Colorado que duró décadas. La sequía forzó cálculos y reajustes penosos en el uso del agua en toda la cuenca del río. Debido al modo en que se fue asignando […]

Environment, Water

Preguntas a expertos

Concebir la resiliencia ante el cambio climático

January 2021, Spanish

  Expertos de la red del Instituto Lincoln responden a la pregunta: Si en 2021 pudiera implementar una solución basada en el suelo que tenga un impacto considerable en el cambio climático, ¿cuál sería?   Cortesía de Robin Bronen. Robin Bronen Directora ejecutiva del Instituto para la Justicia de Alaska; miembro del Comité Director de […]

Climate Change, Environment

January 2021, Spanish

  Expertos de la red del Instituto Lincoln responden a la pregunta: Si en 2021 pudiera implementar una solución basada en el suelo que tenga un impacto considerable en el cambio climático, ¿cuál sería?   Cortesía de Robin Bronen. Robin Bronen Directora ejecutiva del Instituto para la Justicia de Alaska; miembro del Comité Director de […]

Climate Change, Environment

By the Numbers

January 2021, English

Estimated global population in 1946: 2.4 billion (U.S. Census Bureau) Global population in 2021: 7.7 billion (U.S. Census Bureau) Percent of global population currently living in urban areas: 56.2 (World Economic Forum) People living in informal settlements: 1 billion (United Nations) Percent of urban residents in 78 countries who had convenient access to public transit […]

January 2021, English

Estimated global population in 1946: 2.4 billion (U.S. Census Bureau) Global population in 2021: 7.7 billion (U.S. Census Bureau) Percent of global population currently living in urban areas: 56.2 (World Economic Forum) People living in informal settlements: 1 billion (United Nations) Percent of urban residents in 78 countries who had convenient access to public transit […]

En números

January 2021, Spanish

Población mundial estimada en 1946: 2.400 millones (U.S. Census Bureau) Población mundial en 2021: 7.700 millones (U.S. Census Bureau) Porcentaje de población mundial que hoy vive en zonas urbanas: 56,2 (World Economic Forum) Gente que vivía en asentamientos informales en 2020 en todo el mundo: 1.000 millones (United Nations) Porcentaje de residentes urbanos en 78 […]

January 2021, Spanish

Población mundial estimada en 1946: 2.400 millones (U.S. Census Bureau) Población mundial en 2021: 7.700 millones (U.S. Census Bureau) Porcentaje de población mundial que hoy vive en zonas urbanas: 56,2 (World Economic Forum) Gente que vivía en asentamientos informales en 2020 en todo el mundo: 1.000 millones (United Nations) Porcentaje de residentes urbanos en 78 […]

Regional Visioning

Utah's Wasatch Front Region Reflects on Two Decades of Scenario Planning

By Emma Zehner

December 2020, English

  In the late 1990s, the 10-county Greater Wasatch area of Utah faced the prospect of rapid population growth. Experts projected that by 2020, one million new residents would migrate to cities along the 140-mile-long urban corridor hugging the western edge of the Rocky Mountains and anchored by the state capital, Salt Lake City. The […]

Land Lines Magazine

City and Regional Planning

December 2020, English

  In the late 1990s, the 10-county Greater Wasatch area of Utah faced the prospect of rapid population growth. Experts projected that by 2020, one million new residents would migrate to cities along the 140-mile-long urban corridor hugging the western edge of the Rocky Mountains and anchored by the state capital, Salt Lake City. The […]

Land Lines Magazine

City and Regional Planning

Land Matters Podcast

To Mark the End of 2020, Urban Experts Reflect on Prospects for Cities Post-COVID

By Anthony Flint

December 2020, English

  As the world prepares to bid farewell to 2020, taking stock of an unprecedented year involves both understanding the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic and looking ahead to what the future may hold. In this episode of the Land Matters podcast, the conversation turns to how the relentless virus, and all the inequities it […]

December 2020, English

  As the world prepares to bid farewell to 2020, taking stock of an unprecedented year involves both understanding the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic and looking ahead to what the future may hold. In this episode of the Land Matters podcast, the conversation turns to how the relentless virus, and all the inequities it […]

Public Finance

Amid Falling Revenues, Some Cities Turn to the Property Tax

By Liz Farmer

December 2020, English

  As most major cities grapple with lost revenue due to the pandemic, some are turning toward the property tax as a way of filling the gap. Perhaps nowhere has this decision been more controversial than in Nashville, where the largest tax increase in the city’s history has already survived one attempt to overturn it. […]

Property Tax, Public Finance

December 2020, English

  As most major cities grapple with lost revenue due to the pandemic, some are turning toward the property tax as a way of filling the gap. Perhaps nowhere has this decision been more controversial than in Nashville, where the largest tax increase in the city’s history has already survived one attempt to overturn it. […]

Property Tax, Public Finance