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1. Detroit and the Property Tax

   Strategies to Improve Equity and Enhance Revenue
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2015
   Gary Sands and Mark Skidmore

   This report outlines the problems underlying the erosion of Detroit's property tax base—a factor that contributed to the city's bankruptcy in 2013. It offers recommendations for reform...

2. Inclusionary Housing

   Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Septiembre 2015
   Rick Jacobus

   This report illustrates how local governments can realize the full benefits of inclusionary housing policies, which require developers of new market-rate real estate to provide some affordable units...

3. State Trust Lands in the West, Updated Edition

   Fiduciary Duty in a Changing Landscape
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Julio 2015
   Peter W. Culp, Andy Laurenzi, Cynthia C. Tuell, and Alison Berry

   This comprehensive report offers state trust land managers the latest strategies for asset management, residential and commercial development, conservation use, and collaborative planning. Land...

4. Arrested Developments

   Combating Zombie Subdivisions and Other Excess Entitlements
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Enero 2014
   Jim Holway, Don Elliott, and Anna Trentadue

   Drawing on case studies, survey results, and data analyses of abandoned residential development projects in the U.S. Intermountain West, this report shows local leaders how to identify and overcome...

5. Preventing House Price Bubbles

   Lessons from the 2006–2012 Bust
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Junio 2013
   James R. Follain and Seth H. Giertz

   The boom and bust in house prices from 2006 to 2012 generated widespread fallout, affecting metropolitan areas across the country. But the extent of the damage varied widely, suggesting that local...

6. Rethinking Property Tax Incentives for Business

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Junio 2012
   Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam H. Langley, and Bethany P. Paquin

   State and local governments use many types of property tax incentives to increase business development. This report reviews those incentives, summarizes the literature regarding their effectiveness,...

7. Regularización de asentamientos informales en América Latina

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Octubre 2011
   Edésio Fernandes

   In large Latin American cities the number of dwellings in informal settlements ranges from one-tenth to one-third of urban residences. These informal settlements are caused by low income, unrealistic...

8. Regularização de Assentamentos Informais na América Latina

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Octubre 2011
   Edésio Fernandes

   In large Latin American cities the number of dwellings in informal settlements ranges from one-tenth to one-third of urban residences. These informal settlements are caused by low income, unrealistic...

9. Regularization of Informal Settlements in Latin America

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2011
   Edésio Fernandes

   This report provides municipal and community leaders with an overview of the challenge of informal settlements in Latin America, along with recommendations for improving regularization policies. It...

10. Making Room for a Planet of Cities

    Enfoques en políticas de suelo
    Enero 2011
    Shlomo Angel, with Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. Blei

    This report—the precursor to Planet of Cities—provides policy makers and planners with a conceptual framework for understanding urban expansion and provides research-based suggestions for...