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1. Regularization of Informal Settlements in Latin America

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2011
   Edésio Fernandes

   This report provides municipal and community leaders with an overview of the challenge of informal settlements in Latin America, along with recommendations for improving regularization policies. It...

2. Making Room for a Planet of Cities

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Enero 2011
   Shlomo Angel, with Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. Blei

   This report—the precursor to Planet of Cities—provides policy makers and planners with a conceptual framework for understanding urban expansion and provides research-based suggestions for...

3. Land Lines, April 2011

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2011
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the performance of a special assessment tax used to finance urban development in Colombia; varied results of payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) across U.S. municipalities; and the...

4. Land Lines, January 2011

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2011
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores the process of instituting property tax reform in Brazil; varied results of property tax assessment measures in two Chicago-area counties; and the fiscal challenges of maintaining...

5. The Impact of Climate Change on Land

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2011
   Robert Mendelsohn

   In this paper, Robert Mendelsohn discusses land use changes in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and recreational activities. Although the precise magnitude of climate change is not known,...

6. Urban Value Capture in São Paulo Using a Two-Part Approach

   Created Land (Solo Criado) and Sale of Building Rights (Outorga Onerosa do Direito de Construir) — An Analysis of the Impact of the Basic Coefficient of Land Use as a Tool of the 2002 Master Plan
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2011
   Paulo Sandroni

   The 2002 Strategic Master Plan for the City of São Paulo and the Land Use Law 13,885 of 2004, introduced the mechanism of development concessions for additional urban building rights. The...

7. Recent Experience with Land Value Capture in São Paulo, Brazil

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2011
   Paulo Henrique Sandroni

   The application of the principle of the social function of property, embedded in the 2002 Strategic Master Plan for São Paulo, enabled the enactment of municipal legislation that clearly...

8. Betterment Levy in Colombia

   Relevance, Procedures, and Social Acceptability
   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2011
   Oscar Borrero Ochoa

   The betterment levy or special assessment (as it is known in the United States) is a “compulsory charge imposed by a government on the owners of a selected group of properties to defray, in whole or...

9. Implementing Local Property Tax Reform in Brazil

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2011
   Omar Pinto Domingos

   The property tax reform in Belo Horizonte was guided by the dual desire to eliminate distortions in its antiquated model and to introduce a new fiscal culture to support a permanent process of...

10. Faculty Profile

    Ciro Biderman
    Revista Land Lines
    Enero 2011

    Ciro Biderman is an associate professor in the graduate and undergraduate programs in public administration and in economics at Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in São Paulo; associate researcher at...