Publicaciones

Abril 2017, inglés

Founded in 2009 as a “social network for athletes,” San Francisco–based Strava is today best known for its popular smartphone app, used by millions of people all over the world to track and  share their biking, running, and walking activity. Some users are serious athletes, but plenty simply track commutes or routine exercise excursions as […]

Abril 2017, inglés

Since 2015, representatives from various public agencies, foundations, and nonprofit groups in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Denver have been jointly participating in “capital absorption” workshops, to forge solutions to local affordable housing shortages through strategies that attract land, capital, and other resources. They represent not just housing, but transit, planning, and […]

Abril 2017, inglés

Comprehensive plans can inspire their creators to tap their highest and best professional skills, training, and vision—or cause them to question their choice of profession. They often take a couple years to produce and can require extensive community outreach, sometimes with rancorous results—if, for example, the community has strong opposing opinions about a vision for […]

Abril 2017, inglés

The use of tax incentives to encourage economic growth has increased over the last several decades. Given this escalation, it is important for policy makers to employ techniques that promote growth while avoiding practices that needlessly erode the tax base. Tax incentive policies must balance the desire to stimulate job growth and economic activity with […]

Abril 2017, español

Este número examina la recuperación de plusvalías; incentivos fiscales para empresas; apps para los urbanistas; los últimos planes integrales en Denver, Seattle y Boston; y el Marco de Absorción de Capital para la inversión comunitaria.