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Faculty Profile
Alan Mallach
April 2013, English
Alan Mallach is a nonresident senior fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program of the Brookings Institution and a senior fellow at the Center for Community Progress, both in Washington, DC; and a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He has been engaged as a practitioner, advocate, and scholar in the fields of […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Housing, Land Use and Zoning
April 2013, English
Alan Mallach is a nonresident senior fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program of the Brookings Institution and a senior fellow at the Center for Community Progress, both in Washington, DC; and a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He has been engaged as a practitioner, advocate, and scholar in the fields of […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Housing, Land Use and Zoning
Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries
Edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, and Deborah L. Wetzel
April 2013, English
This work uses case studies of urban financing mechanisms in China, India, and Brazil to help decision makers in developing countries address the challenges of rapid metropolitan growth. The report includes policy recommendations and explores the effective use of metropolitan revenue instruments, intergovernmental transfers, public-private partnerships, and more.
Book
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Local Government, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax, Public Finance, Urbanization
April 2013, English
This work uses case studies of urban financing mechanisms in China, India, and Brazil to help decision makers in developing countries address the challenges of rapid metropolitan growth. The report includes policy recommendations and explores the effective use of metropolitan revenue instruments, intergovernmental transfers, public-private partnerships, and more.
Book
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Local Government, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax, Public Finance, Urbanization
China’s Environmental Policy and Urban Development
Edited by Joyce Yanyun Man
February 2013, English
Book
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Infrastructure, Urbanization
February 2013, English
Book
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Infrastructure, Urbanization
Payments in Lieu of Taxes
The Boston Experience
Ronald W. Rakow
January 2013, English
Correction: Under the heading “Experience from the First Year,” the percent increase in FY2012 over what was collected in FY2011 under the previous PILOT program was incorrectly reported. The correct percentage is 28.4. Both the PDF and text version below list the correct amount. Historically communities with high concentrations of nonprofit institutions such as […]
Economic Development, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation
January 2013, English
Correction: Under the heading “Experience from the First Year,” the percent increase in FY2012 over what was collected in FY2011 under the previous PILOT program was incorrectly reported. The correct percentage is 28.4. Both the PDF and text version below list the correct amount. Historically communities with high concentrations of nonprofit institutions such as […]
Economic Development, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation
Pagos en lugar de impuestos
La experiencia de Boston
Ronald W. Rakow
January 2013, Spanish
Históricamente, las comunidades con alta concentración de instituciones sin fines de lucro, como hospitales, universidades y museos, han tenido que enfrentar problemas fiscales debido a la menor base gravable por la presencia de estas propiedades exentas de impuestos. Para Boston, Massachusetts, este impacto ha sido particularmente severo, dada la preponderancia de propiedades exentas de impuestos […]
Economic Development, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation
January 2013, Spanish
Históricamente, las comunidades con alta concentración de instituciones sin fines de lucro, como hospitales, universidades y museos, han tenido que enfrentar problemas fiscales debido a la menor base gravable por la presencia de estas propiedades exentas de impuestos. Para Boston, Massachusetts, este impacto ha sido particularmente severo, dada la preponderancia de propiedades exentas de impuestos […]
Economic Development, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation
Uncertainty and Risk
Building a Resilient West
Erika Mahoney and Hannah Oliver
January 2013, English
Climate-related impacts vary across regions, affecting communities economically, socially, and environmentally. While all regions of the United States are expected to experience temperature increases, the eight states located between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges are in a region forecast to be hard-hit by a variety of climate impacts that […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Technology and Tools
January 2013, English
Climate-related impacts vary across regions, affecting communities economically, socially, and environmentally. While all regions of the United States are expected to experience temperature increases, the eight states located between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges are in a region forecast to be hard-hit by a variety of climate impacts that […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Technology and Tools
Incertidumbre y riesgo
Cómo construir un Oeste resistente
Erika Mahoney and Hannah Oliver
January 2013, Spanish
Las impactos relacionados con el clima varían según la región, y afectan a las comunidades desde los puntos de vista económico, social y medioambiental. Si bien se espera que todas las regiones de los Estados Unidos experimenten un aumento de la temperatura, los ocho estados ubicados entre las Montañas Rocosas y las cordilleras de Cascade […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Technology and Tools
January 2013, Spanish
Las impactos relacionados con el clima varían según la región, y afectan a las comunidades desde los puntos de vista económico, social y medioambiental. Si bien se espera que todas las regiones de los Estados Unidos experimenten un aumento de la temperatura, los ocho estados ubicados entre las Montañas Rocosas y las cordilleras de Cascade […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Technology and Tools
Sistemas de transporte público masivo tipo BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) y desarrollo urbano en América Latina
Daniel A. Rodríguez and Erik Vergel Tovar
January 2013, Spanish
Las ciudades de América Latina han liderado la implementación de Sistemas de Transporte Público Masivo de Autobuses tipo BRT (llamados así por sus siglas en inglés por Bus Rapid Transit), un modo de transporte que generalmente se caracteriza por el desarrollo de infraestructura que dan prioridad al transporte público en relación con el transporte en […]
City and Regional Planning, Infrastructure, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
January 2013, Spanish
Las ciudades de América Latina han liderado la implementación de Sistemas de Transporte Público Masivo de Autobuses tipo BRT (llamados así por sus siglas en inglés por Bus Rapid Transit), un modo de transporte que generalmente se caracteriza por el desarrollo de infraestructura que dan prioridad al transporte público en relación con el transporte en […]
City and Regional Planning, Infrastructure, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
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