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1. Pour lire le sol urbain

   Cadastres multi-finalitaires pour la planification et le développement des villes d’Amérique latine
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Agosto 2021
   Diego Alfonso Erba and Mario Andrés Piumetto

   This French-language report describes the past, present, and future role of cadastres as a land policy tool in Latin America. It shows how national, regional, and local jurisdictions have used...

2. Para Compreender o Solo Urbano

   Cadastros Multifinalitários para o Planejamento e o Desenvolvimento das Cidades da América Latina
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Agosto 2021
   Diego Alfonso Erba and Mario Andrés Piumetto

   This Portuguese-language report describes the past, present, and future role of cadastres as a land policy tool in Latin America. It shows how national, regional, and local jurisdictions have used...

3. Para leer el suelo urbano

   Catastros multifinalitarios para la planificación y el desarrollo de las ciudades de América Latina
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Enero 2017
   Diego Alfonso Erba and Mario Andrés Piumetto

   In Latin America, a territorial cadastre is a public registry that manages information relating to parcels of land. As an institution, the cadastre is common in many countries, although it does not...

4. 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...

5. Making Land Legible

   Cadastres for Urban Planning and Development in Latin America
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Junio 2016
   Diego Alfonso Erba and Mario Andrés Piumetto

   This report describes the past, present, and future role of cadastres as a land policy tool in Latin America. It shows how national, regional, and local jurisdictions have used updated orthodox and/...

6. 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...

7. Use-Value Assessment of Rural Lands

   Time for Reform?
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2015
   John E. Anderson and Richard W. England

   Use-value assessment (UVA) is the practice of valuing rural land according to its current use rather than its market value to reduce property taxes for rural land owners in the United States. This...

8. Mejoramiento del desempeño del impuesto sobre la propiedad en América Latina

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Octubre 2015
   Claudia M. De Cesare

   This report, Mejoramiento del desempeño del impuesto sobre la propiedad en América Latina (Improving the Performance of the Property Tax in Latin America), presents a comprehensive...

9. Recuperação de Mais-Valias Fundiárias na América Latina

   Políticas e Instrumentos para o Desenvolvimento Urbano
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Septiembre 2014
   Martim O. Smolka

   Urbanization in Latin America is associated with strong pressure for the supply of serviced land, resulting in significant changes in land values that are distributed unequally among landowners and...

10. Implementación de la recuperación de plusvalías en América Latina

    Políticas e instrumentos para el desarrollo urbano
    Enfoques en políticas de suelo
    Febrero 2014
    Martim O. Smolka

    Urbanization in Latin America is associated with strong pressure for the supply of serviced land, resulting in significant changes in land values that are distributed unequally among landowners and...