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1. 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...

2. 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...

3. Metropolitan Cities

   Their Rise, Role, and Future
   Ponencias
   Abril 2013
   Shahid Yusuf

   In this paper, the author points out that the world’s population crossed the 7 billion mark in 2011, more than half of it in cities. Each week the ranks of urban residents increase by 1million and on...

4. Infrastructure and Land Policies

   Libros
   Mayo 2013
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Karin L. Brandt

   More than 50 percent of the global population resides in urban areas where land policy and infrastructure interactions facilitate economic opportunities, affect the quality of life, and influence...

5. China’s Environmental Policy and Urban Development

   Libros
   Febrero 2013
   Edited by Joyce Yanyun Man

   “It is well known that rapid urbanization and industrialization in China have had serious consequences for China's environment. Far less recognized are the wide ranging efforts undertaken...

6. Gestión de zonas costeras

   El modelo de Barbados
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2013
   Gregory R. Scruggs and Thomas E. Bassett

   A medida que el cambio climático va incrementando la amenaza de huracanes en el Caribe, Barbados se ha convertido en el líder regional de gestión integrada de zonas costeras...

7. Coastal Zone Management

   The Barbados Model
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2013
   Gregory R. Scruggs and Thomas E. Bassett

   As climate change heightens the threat of hurricanes in the Caribbean, Barbados is proving to be the region’s leader in integrated coastal zone management—leveraging foresight,...

8. Análisis de noticias

   Los derechos de propiedad y el cambio climático
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2013
   Anthony Flint

   Amedida que las ciudades costeras continúan enfrentando las amenazas de un clima cada vez más volátil, las marejadas y el ascenso del nivel del mar, todas las cuales están relacionadas con el cambio...

9. News Analysis

   Property Rights and Climate Change
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2013
   Anthony Flint

   As coastal cities continue to face the potentially expensive threat of increasingly volatile weather, storm surge, and sea level rise associated with climate change, building resilience has become a...

10. El camino a la recuperación

    Cómo gobernar la reconstrucción después de una catástrofe
    Revista Land Lines
    Julio 2013
    Laurie A. Johnson and Robert B. Olshansky

    Los gobiernos enfrentan una serie extraordinaria de desafíos de gestión después de un terremoto o maremoto. Luego de haber investigado los esfuerzos de recuperación...