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Making Millennium Park

March 2022, English

Multimedia Cases

Public Finance

March 2022, English

Multimedia Cases

Public Finance

Financing a City’s Vision

The Social Mobilization of Land Values in São Paulo

March 2022, English

Multimedia Cases

Public Finance

March 2022, English

Multimedia Cases

Public Finance

Bravery in the Face of Bureaucracy

The Negotiation and Completion of Minute 319

Jennifer Gimbel

October 2019, English

This case reviews the negotiation process regarding the operations of the Colorado River system after it experienced the most severe drought in recorded history.

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City and Regional Planning, Environment, Informal Settlements, Water

October 2019, English

This case reviews the negotiation process regarding the operations of the Colorado River system after it experienced the most severe drought in recorded history.

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City and Regional Planning, Environment, Informal Settlements, Water

Fighting FEMA

Urban Informality and Disaster Response in Rio Grande Valley Colonias

Danielle Zoe Rivera

October 2019, English

This case study examines the legal case LUPE, et al. v. FEMA, B:08-cv-487 [2008], which discusses the issue of informal housing repairs in post-disaster situations.

Descriptive Case Studies

Housing, Informal Settlements

October 2019, English

This case study examines the legal case LUPE, et al. v. FEMA, B:08-cv-487 [2008], which discusses the issue of informal housing repairs in post-disaster situations.

Descriptive Case Studies

Housing, Informal Settlements

Environmental Protection, Climate Regulation, and the Persistence of Sprawl in California

Sean Kennedy and Stephanie Pincetl

October 2019, English

In California, a leader in environmental protection, changes in land use (driver of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other environmental impacts) continue unabated.

Descriptive Case Studies

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Land Conflict Resolution

October 2019, English

In California, a leader in environmental protection, changes in land use (driver of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other environmental impacts) continue unabated.

Descriptive Case Studies

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Land Conflict Resolution

Negotiated Value

Community Amenity Contributions and Value Capture in the City of Vancouver

Neal LaMontagne

October 2018, English

The case study reviews the Community Amenity Contribution (CAC) policy in Vancouver, BC. CACs are either fixed-rate or negotiated charges levied on new development through rezoning.

Descriptive Case Studies

Land Use and Zoning, Local Government, Value Capture

October 2018, English

The case study reviews the Community Amenity Contribution (CAC) policy in Vancouver, BC. CACs are either fixed-rate or negotiated charges levied on new development through rezoning.

Descriptive Case Studies

Land Use and Zoning, Local Government, Value Capture

Rheingold Brewery Redevelopment in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York

Barry Hersh

October 2018, English

This case study describes the key elements of Rheingold Brewery redevelopment in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York.

Descriptive Case Studies

City and Regional Planning, Housing

October 2018, English

This case study describes the key elements of Rheingold Brewery redevelopment in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York.

Descriptive Case Studies

City and Regional Planning, Housing

Tourism, Conservation, and Contestation in Florianópolis, Brazil

Allison Bridges

October 2018, English

This case study explores how the intersecting urban development agendas of multiple stakeholders can work to accelerate sustainable outcomes in land use.

Descriptive Case Studies

City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Conservation, Poverty and Inequality

October 2018, English

This case study explores how the intersecting urban development agendas of multiple stakeholders can work to accelerate sustainable outcomes in land use.

Descriptive Case Studies

City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Land Conservation, Poverty and Inequality

“Floating TDR” and Land Value Capture in Taiwan

Designing a More Effective Land-Finance Tool

Mi Shih, Ying-Hui Chiang, and Hsiutzu Betty Chang

October 2018, English

This case study tells an analytical story of Taiwan’s “floating” transfer of development rights (TDR) through the lens of land-based finance.

Descriptive Case Studies

City and Regional Planning, Land Markets, Value Capture

October 2018, English

This case study tells an analytical story of Taiwan’s “floating” transfer of development rights (TDR) through the lens of land-based finance.

Descriptive Case Studies

City and Regional Planning, Land Markets, Value Capture