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1. Land-Based Mitigation Strategies and Their Implications for Local Communities in the Global South

   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 2023
   Katherine A. Snyder

   Land-based carbon mitigation strategies are receiving considerable interest for their potential to sink carbon or provide sources of alterative clean energy. The actors and agencies in this sector...

2. Effects of Flood Hazard on Property Prices in Cape Town, South Africa

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2023
   Claus Rabe and David Karpul

   In many cities in the Developing South, a growing number of households live in areas prone to flooding. Past research indicates that flood risk has a discount effect on property prices, an important...

3. Integrated Policy and Planning for Connectivity Conservation

   Lessons from Kenya, Romania, and Vermont, U.S.A.
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2022
   Zachary Wurtzebach 

   Ecological connectivity—the unimpeded movement of species and the flow of natural processes that sustain life on earth—is fundamental for biodiversity conservation in the 21st century. In...

4. A Global Perspective on Land Use Regulations and Housing Outcomes

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2022
   Cynthia Goytia and Eric J. Heikkila

   This paper examines the relationship between land use regulations and housing outcomes, especially housing affordability and informality. Using a unique and important database of 191 metropolitan...

5. Providing Affordable Home Ownership Opportunities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2021
   Larissa Larsen and Kumelachew Yeshitela

   The City Administration of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has engaged in an extensive public effort to build owner-occupied housing to meet the needs of low- and moderate-income residents. By comparing the...

6. Addressing Inequality through Bold Spatial Interventions

   The Case of the Corridors of Freedom in Johannesburg, South Africa
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2021
   Philip Harrison, PhD and Margot Rubin, PhD

   In 2016, UN Habitat ranked Johannesburg the most unequal large city in the world. Although extreme in international terms, and particular for its apartheid history, experiences from Johannesburg...

7. Co-Design and Implementation of Climate Change Adaptation Mainstreaming Strategies and Projects in Coastal Dar es Salaam

   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2021
   Liana Ricci and Brendan WIlliams

   The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs estimates that the ten fastestgrowing cities from 2018 to 2035 will all be in Africa, with major development challenges emerging (UNDESA,...

8. Programmes, Practices, and Preconditions

   Learning from Cape Town’s Experience with One-Off Contributions from Developers
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2021
   Stephen Berrisford, Liza Rose Cirolia, and Elisabeth Makumbi

   There is increasing interest in the applicability of land-based financing instruments in subSaharan Africa. African cities are opportune sites to explore the potential of land-based financing....

9. Conserving Biodiversity on South Africa’s Privately-Owned Grasslands

   Farmer Experiences with Protected Areas
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2020
   Jeffrey O. Sundberg

   South Africa’s Biodiversity Stewardship Initiative and Protected Areas Act are programs designed to help protect threatened species and provide other conservation benefits. Private grasslands...

10. Special Assessment Districts and the Financing of Infrastructure in South Africa

    The Innovative Use of a Special Rating Area in Claremont, Cape Town
    Documentos de trabajo
    Junio 2020
    Willard Matiashe and Arthur Germond

    Since 2000, special rating areas (SRAs), also known as Special Assessment Districts and/or city improvement districts (CIDs), have been used to revive urban nodes across the City of Cape Town (Cape...