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1. “Mayor’s Desk” Book Highlights Crucial Work of Local Government Leaders

   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2023
   By Kristina McGeehan, November 7, 2023

   20 innovative leaders from five continents share their struggles and successes, along with strategies for making cities more equitable, sustainable, and healthy places to live and work.

2. Land Matters Podcast: Confronting Extreme Heat in Africa: A Conversation with the Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone

   Revista Land Lines
   Diciembre 2022
   By Anthony Flint, December 12, 2022

   The mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Yvonne Aki-Sawyer, discusses appointing Africa’s first chief heat officer, fighting climate change with land use planning, and overhauling the property tax system to ensure fiscal sustinability.

3. Mayor’s Desk: Cultivating Climate Resilience in Sierra Leone

   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2022
   By Anthony Flint, November 10, 2022

   Freetown, Sierra Leone, is one of seven cities around the world that have appointed chief heat officers as part of a global effort to invest in a climate-resilient future. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr...

4. For the Common Good

   Upstream and Downstream Communities Join Forces to Protect Water Supplies
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2022
   By Heather Hansman, October 6, 2022

   Billions of urban dwellers depend on water for hydration, sanitation, and other basic needs, but global water supplies are at risk. Water funds provide a mechanism for downstream utilities and businesses to invest in upstream watershed conservation projec

5. Envisioning Climate Resilience

   Experts from the Lincoln Institute Network Weigh in on Promising Land and Water Policy Solutions
   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2021
   January 12, 2021

   The Lincoln Institute asked experts from across our professional network to answer this question: If you could implement one land-based policy in 2021 that would have a meaningful impact on climate...

6. Making a Good Tax Better: From Assessment to Collection, Three Places That Built Stronger Property Tax Systems

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2021
   By Liz Farmer, January 12, 2021

   What does the property tax look like when it works well, and how can municipalities improve the way they assess properties, collect taxes, and communicate about this essential financial instrument?...

7. How a New Land Policy Could Help Unwind Apartheid in Cape Town, South Africa

   Inclusionary Housing is a Form of Land Value Capture, or Land Value Return
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2019
   By Will Jason, October 18, 2019

   Twenty-five years after apartheid, Cape Town is still deeply segregated. One solution could lie in a policy that taps rising real estate values to create affordable housing in neighborhoods with good...

8. Sustainable Development

   Slums, Informal Settlements, and the Role of Land Policy
   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2018
   By Will Jason, November 19, 2018

   Slums and informal settlements hold a quarter of the global urban population, and they are absorbing the majority of urban growth in developing regions.

9. Land Lines, July 2009

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2009
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores the American university’s evolved role as a driver of urban development; a joint venture between the Lincoln Institute and the African Tax Institute to shed light on African...

10. Land Lines, October 2007

    Revista Land Lines
    Octubre 2007
    Edited by Ann LeRoyer

    This issue hones in on socioeconomic conditions in post-Apartheid South Africa; strategies to improve U.S. state and local finances amid economic downturns; and the effects of urban land use...