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1. Planeta de ciudades

   Libros
   Junio 2015
   Shlomo Angel

   This book develops a science of global cities to prepare for the coming expansion of the planet's population and questions the main tenets of the Containment Paradigm. It provides planners and...

2. Políticas de suelo urbano

   Perspectivas internacionales para América Latina
   Libros
   Abril 2015
   Edited by Martim O. Smolka and Laura Mullahy

   This Spanish-language volume presents a range of original insights on critical themes in urban land policy and provides lessons learned from research conducted outside Latin America. The articles,...

3. El catastro territorial en los países latinoamericanos

   Libros
   Febrero 2008
   Diego Alfonso Erba

   El catastro territorial en los países latinoamericanos (Territorial Cadastre in Latin American Countries) describes in detail the main characteristics of the cadastral systems implemented in...

4. Professional Development Course on Informal Land Markets and Regularization in Latin America

   Cursos
   Diciembre 6, 2015
   Mark Haveman

   This weeklong course offers students the opportunity to assess and challenge their understanding of fundamental topics related to urban informality.

5. Where Do Property Rights Matter More?

   Explaining the Variation in Demand for Property Titles Across Cities in Mexico
   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2015
   Paavo Monkkonen

   Existing empirical research has established that stronger legal claims to property in urban areas have significant market value, but previous studies examine this question in a single city or market...

6. Cuba, on the horizon

   Entradas de blog
   Noviembre 2015

7. The Long-Run Effects of Subsidized Housing on Travel Behavior

   Evidence from China’s Housing Reform
   Documentos de trabajo
   Noviembre 2015
   Joshua Linn, Zhongmin Wang, and Lunyu Xie

   Many cities in developing countries are experiencing rapid urbanization along with deteriorating traffic congestion and air quality. A long-term approach to alleviating traffic congestion is to...

8. An Evaluation of China’s Land Policy and Urban Housing Markets

   Ponencias
   Noviembre 2015
   Joyce Y. Man

   In this paper, Joyce Y. Man examines the evolution of Chinese housing policies and the growth of the Chinese housing market since the reforms of 1998, when the Chinese government ended its...

9. Housing Policies and Urban Development

   Lessons from the Latin American Experience, 1960–2010
   Ponencias
   Noviembre 2015
   Eduardo Rojas

   Access and opportunity are tied in many different ways to location. One’s neighborhood and neighbors can have dramatic effects on health and political, socioeconomic, and education opportunities and...

10. Aumento de resiliencia al cambio climático en asentamientos informales de dos ciudades latinoamericanas

    Condega y Cartagena
    Documentos de trabajo
    Noviembre 2015
    Mona Serageldin, Alfredo Stein, Alejandra Mortarini, Carolina Morgan, Warren Hagist, Sheelah Gobar, and Luis Sevilla Fajardo

    El marco conceptual de esta investigación se basa en la documentación sobre los efectos del cambio climático y estrategias de adaptación publicada por el Panel...