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1. Social Equity Policies and Spatial Development

   The Case of Lisbon’s Subway Expansion Projects (1998-2018)
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2021
   João Rafael Santos, David Vale, and Fernando Nunes da Silva

   Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, is a city and distinct municipality with 545,000 inhabitants at the center of a metropolitan area, home to 2,810,000 inhabitants (2011 Census). Its position at the...

2. Addressing Inequality through Bold Spatial Interventions

   The Case of the Corridors of Freedom in Johannesburg, South Africa
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2021
   Philip Harrison, PhD and Margot Rubin, PhD

   In 2016, UN Habitat ranked Johannesburg the most unequal large city in the world. Although extreme in international terms, and particular for its apartheid history, experiences from Johannesburg...

3. Special Assessment Districts and the Financing of Infrastructure in South Africa

   The Innovative Use of a Special Rating Area in Claremont, Cape Town
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2020
   Willard Matiashe and Arthur Germond

   Since 2000, special rating areas (SRAs), also known as Special Assessment Districts and/or city improvement districts (CIDs), have been used to revive urban nodes across the City of Cape Town (Cape...

4. Urban Land Value Capture in São Paulo, Addis Ababa, and Hyderabad

   Differing Interpretations, Equity Impacts, and Enabling Conditions
   Documentos de trabajo
   Enero 2020
   Anjali Mahendra, Robin King, Erin Gray, Maria Hart, Laura Azeredo, Luana Betti, Surya Prakash, Amartya Deb, Elleni Ashebir, and Asmaa Ibrahim

   This paper presents analysis of the fiscal and equity impacts of urban land value capture instruments based on three case studies from the global south. These include the Lideta redevelopment in...