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1. Conservation Easements: Legal Principles, Valuation, and Applications

   Educación a distancia
   Junio 14, 2023
   Faculty: Joan Youngman, Armando Carbonell, Paul O’Leary, James J. Czupryna, and Stephen J. Small

   Conservation easements play an important role in protecting natural landscapes and sensitive habitats, and in promoting sustainable land use practices. In this course, students will explore the...

2. Economic Regulation of Utility Infrastructure

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Janice A. Beecher

   In this paper, Janice A. Beecher examines public infrastructure as having characteristics of both public and private goods that earn a separate classification as a toll good. Utilities demonstrate a...

3. Chicago and Its Skyway

   Lessons from an Urban Megaproject
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Louise Nelson Dyble

   In this paper, Louise Nelson Dyble examines the history of political leadership throughout the Chicago Skyway’s development as a public project and assesses the lessons from its eventual...

4. Restricting Residential Construction

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2007
   Edward L. Glaeser

   In this paper, Edward L. Glaeser analyzes how land use regulations have affected housing costs in selected U.S. cities, and he looks at the welfare effects of zoning on the economy and nonpropertied...

5. The Economics of Conservation Easements

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2007
   Andrew J. Plantinga

   Environmental preservation—or more specifically conservation easements—is an area of public action that affects property values. According to Andrew J. Plantinga, by 2005 about 3.9 million acres of...

6. Climate Change and Land Policies

   Libros
   Mayo 2011
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong

   Developing policies that will keep climate change in check has become a global priority, as increasing greenhouse gas emissions contribute to extreme weather patterns. If these emissions remain...

7. Land Lines, September 2000

   Revista Land Lines
   Septiembre 2000
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the need to redevelop low-value brownfield properties that are often neglected in marginal U.S. urban communities; and land policy issues tied to traditions of patrimonialism and...

8. Promoting More Equitable Brownfield Redevelopment

   Revista Land Lines
   Septiembre 2000
   Nancey Green Leigh

   Because many brownfield sites are located in areas with depressed property values, the cost of remediation and redevelopment can be greater than the expected resale value. These sites, referred to...