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Making Room for a Planet of Cities
Videos y multimediaEnero 2011In a rapidly urbanizing world — over half the world’s population lives in urban areas, including many millions in informal settlement — the large cities of the developing world in...
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The Future of Urban Planning Software
Videos y multimediaMarzo 2011Tim StonorSpace Syntax is an evidence-based approach to planning and design built on geospatial software. It focuses on the role of spatial networks in shaping patterns of social and economic transaction....
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High-Speed Rail in the U.S.
Videos y multimediaNoviembre 2011Petra TodorovichPetra Todorovich, director of America 2050, Regional Plan Association, surveys the possibilities for high-speed rail linking major cities in megaregions in America, such as the Northeast Corridor or...
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Property Tax Abatements
LVT in Disguise?Videos y multimediaDiciembre 2011The awarding of tax abatements is a common strategy by many jurisdictions hoping to prompt economic development and job growth. John Anderson, economics professor at the University of Nebraska–...
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Effective Practice in Funding Land Conservation for Impacts
Videos y multimediaDiciembre 2011Jay EspyJay Espy, the Lincoln Institute’s Kingsbury Browne Fellow for 2010–2011, explores innovative new approaches in land conservation that are better positioned to attract philanthropic...
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The Future of Sustainability
Videos y multimediaDiciembre 2011Ron SimsRon Sims, former undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of the Obama administration, delivered the keynote address at the annual New England Smart Growth...
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Boom and Bust
A Look at Housing Bubbles 1980–2010Videos y multimediaNoviembre 2011Jim FollainThe volatility in housing markets in recent years has been well-documented, at least since 2008 resulting in a staggering loss of wealth and millions of foreclosures, and of course considered a...
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The Urban Gauge
Measuring the Public InterestVideos y multimediaOctubre 2011George ThrushThe development process has a regional context, but specific proposals are often buffeted by very local concerns. The School of Architecture at Northeastern University developed the Urban Gauge, a...
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Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Videos y multimediaMayo 2011Visiting fellow Daphne Kenyon explains why cash-strapped cities are asking tax-exempt nonprofit institutions to make voluntary payments in lieu of taxes, based on the report she co-authored with Adam...
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Prospects for Land Value Capture
Videos y multimediaMayo 2011Susan S. FainsteinSusan S. Fainstein, professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, in the keynote address “Value Recapture and Justice” at the Lincoln Institute’s 6th annual...
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