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1. To Fight Blight, One City Turned to Courts

   Governing
   Diciembre 21, 2018
   El Instituto Lincoln en las noticias

2. Distributive Impacts and Support for Mass Transportation Projects

   An Experimental Evaluation in Bogotá, Colombia
   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2018
   Alishia C. Holland

   Who supports mass infrastructure projects? Mass transportation infrastructure, such as metros and highways, is hugely expensive. But it also can deliver widespread benefits to users and windfall...

3. What Did Urban Innovation Look Like in 2018?

   Next City
   Diciembre 19, 2018
   El Instituto Lincoln en las noticias

4. Boston’s Open Space and Sea Level Rise

   An Assessment of the Role of Open Spaces in Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change-Related Sea Level Rise and Flooding
   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2018
   Ellen M. Douglas, Emily Moothart, and Gerard Cogliano

   Boston, Massachusetts is vulnerable to a number of climate change impacts, the most certain of which are sea level rise (SLR) and the resultant coastal flooding. The feasibility of building a storm...

5. Understanding Changes in the Geography of Opportunity

   The Case of Santiago, Chile
   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2018
   Isabel Brain and Joaquín Prieto

   Several pieces of research have been generated aimed at describing the geography of opportunity (GO) in metropolitan areas. However, little attention has been paid to the private and public-sector...

6. Hydraulic Empire

   Sharing a Legacy, Carving a Future for the Colorado River
   Revista Land Lines
   Diciembre 2018
   By Allen Best

   In its sheer complexity, the Colorado stands out among the rivers of America, and probably the world. Explore the twists and turns of this 1,450-mile waterway, which lead from the snowy mountains of...

7. Colorado River Water

   The Shift from Farms to Cities
   Revista Land Lines
   Diciembre 2018
   By Allen Best

   Until recent decades, agriculture was the main driver of development along the Colorado River. But with population growth, water use has shifted to urban needs, with implications for water-sharing...

8. City Tech

   Precision-Mapping Water in the Desert
   Revista Land Lines
   Diciembre 2018
   By Rob Walker, December 14, 2018

   Officials are assessing how precision mapping tools—first developed to understand pollution in the Chesapeake Bay—can help manage drought and, yes, flooding in Arizona’s desert...

9. How Auctioning Building Rights Can Help Fund Infrastructure and Affordable Housing

   Revista Land Lines
   Diciembre 2018
   By Will Jason, December 14, 2018

   As U.S. cities struggle to provide adequate infrastructure and affordable housing, many are underutilizing one of their greatest assets: the land on which they sit. They can look to an unlikely place...

10. Integrating Green Infrastructure Practices into Ongoing Expansion and Management of the Chilean Electrical Transmission Network

    Documentos de trabajo
    Diciembre 2018
    Daniela Martínez Gutiérrez

    The energy revolution that Chile is experiencing due to the massive incorporation of variable renewable energy to its energy matrix creates an environmental paradox. The greener our energy is getting...