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Monitoring the Share of Land in Streets
Public Works and the Quality of Global Urban ExpansionPonenciasNoviembre 2015Whether it is microhousing for hipsters in Seattle, high-rises for the upwardly mobile in Beijing, or informal settlements on the fringe of Nairobi, the expansion of urban areas is poorly monitored...
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Climate Change and U.S. Cities
Vulnerability, Impacts, and AdaptationsPonenciasNoviembre 2015William SoleckiWilliam Solecki examines the challenge climate change creates for city planning complicated by the fact that barring serious intervention, some urban land may eventually be underwater. Climate change...
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The Past and Future of the Urban Property Tax
PonenciasNoviembre 2015Grant Driessen and Steven SheffrinFor U.S. cities, the property tax is the single largest source of own-source revenue, but the extent to which different cities rely on property tax revenues varies significantly. Grant Driessen and...
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Foreclosures and Neighborhoods
The Shape and Impacts of the U.S. Mortgage CrisisPonenciasNoviembre 2015Dan ImmergluckThis paper explores the root cause of municipal fiscal stress and documents the effects of foreclosures in the United States. The author, Dan Immergluck, examines the household- and neighborhood-...
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A Realistic Assessment of Housing Finance Reform
PonenciasNoviembre 2015Laurie S. GoodmanLaurie S. Goodman focuses on the conservatorship and reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the efforts to expand the role of private capital in such government sponsored enterprises (GSEs). At the...
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An Evaluation of China’s Land Policy and Urban Housing Markets
PonenciasNoviembre 2015In this paper, Joyce Y. Man examines the evolution of Chinese housing policies and the growth of the Chinese housing market since the reforms of 1998, when the Chinese government ended its...
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Housing Policies and Urban Development
Lessons from the Latin American Experience, 1960–2010PonenciasNoviembre 2015Eduardo RojasAccess and opportunity are tied in many different ways to location. One’s neighborhood and neighbors can have dramatic effects on health and political, socioeconomic, and education opportunities and...
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The Relationship Between the Rise of Private Communities and Increasing Socioeconomic Stratification
PonenciasNoviembre 2015Evan McKenzieIn this paper, Evan McKenzie examines the rise of common interest housing, which takes the form of private homeowners’ associations, condominiums, and housing cooperatives. The relationship between...
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Socioeconomic Segregation Between Schools in the United States and Latin America, 1970–2012
PonenciasNoviembre 2015Anna K. Chmielewski and Corey SavageIn this paper, Anna K. Chmielewski and Corey Savage examine school data to compare socioeconomic segregation in the United States and Latin America. They link trends in inequality and segregation in...
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Is Location Fate?
Distributional Aspects of SchoolingPonenciasMayo 2014Eric HanushekEric A. Hanushek analyzes the impact of human capital on economic outcomes, arguing that cognitive skills are a better measure of human capital than years of schooling. He focuses on urban schools...
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