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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