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1. Mass Valuation for Tax Purposes

   Educación a distancia
   Mayo 11, 2015
   Faculty: Marco Aurelio Stumpf González

   The course, offered in Spanish, addresses issues related to mass appraisal of real estate, with emphasis on fiscal uses. Requirements: must have knowledge of property valuation methods and mastery of general statistics.

2. Vacant Land, the Compact City and Sustainability

   Educación a distancia
   Mayo 11, 2015

   This course, offered in Spanish, discusses the instruments used in many countries for the recovery/mobilization of value increment and assesses the objectives, limitations and alternatives to finance urban projects.

3. Reviewing the Basics of Planning for Land Management

   Educación a distancia
   Abril 10, 2015
   Faculty: Juan Ignacio Duarte, Salvador Gómez Rocha, José Luis Basualdo, Ignacio Kunz Bolaños

   The course, offered in Spanish, offers a space to discuss new theoretical perspectives and practical experiences that seek to challenge and overcome some weaknesses of traditional technocratic planning.

4. 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...

5. 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...

6. 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...

7. Inclusionary Housing

   Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Septiembre 2015
   Rick Jacobus

   This report illustrates how local governments can realize the full benefits of inclusionary housing policies, which require developers of new market-rate real estate to provide some affordable units...

8. State Trust Lands in the West, Updated Edition

   Fiduciary Duty in a Changing Landscape
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Julio 2015
   Peter W. Culp, Andy Laurenzi, Cynthia C. Tuell, and Alison Berry

   This comprehensive report offers state trust land managers the latest strategies for asset management, residential and commercial development, conservation use, and collaborative planning. Land...

9. Conserving State Trust Lands

   Strategies for the Intermountain West
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Marzo 2015
   Susan Culp and Joe Marlow

   This report presents and critiques tools and strategies for conserving western state trust lands with ecological and environmental value. A valuable resource for state trust managers and policy...