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1. Buy-In for Buyouts

   The Case for Managed Retreat from Flood Zones
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Septiembre 2016
   Robert Freudenberg, Ellis Calvin, Laura Tolkoff, and Dare Brawley

   This report offers policy recommendations to increase participation in buyout programs and to make them more effective tools for building resilience in coastal communities. Based on a study of...

2. Lessons from Sandy

   Federal Policies to Build Climate-Resilient Coastal Regions
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Abril 2014
   Robert Pirani and Laura Tolkoff

   This report, spurred by aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, identifies a set of policies, regulations, and administrative practices that federal agencies can adopt to help coastal metropolitan regions...

3. Payments in Lieu of Taxes

   Balancing Municipal and Nonprofit Interests
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2010
   Daphne A. Kenyon and Adam H. Langley

   Payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) programs for nonprofits provide crucial revenue for many municipalities, but they are not perfect. Through case studies and research, this report provides guidelines...

4. Large Landscape Conservation

   A Strategic Framework for Policy and Action
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2010
   Matthew McKinney, Lynn Scarlett, and Daniel Kemmis

   The most important land and water conservation issues facing North America—including land use patterns, sustainable water management, biodiversity protection, and adaptation to climate change...

5. Assessing the Theory and Practice of Land Value Taxation

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Febrero 2010
   Richard F. Dye and Richard W. England

   Through an examination of more than 30 countries and several U.S. municipalities that have implemented a land value tax as an alternative to the traditional property tax, this report helps officials...