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1. Case Study: Bravery in the Face of Bureaucracy

   The Negotiation and Completion of Minute 319
   Otro
   Octubre 2019
   Jennifer Gimbel

   This case reviews the negotiation process regarding the operations of the Colorado River system after it experienced the most severe drought in recorded history.

2. Design with Nature Now

   Libros
   Octubre 2019
   Edited by Frederick Steiner, Richard Weller, Karen M’Closkey, and Billy Fleming

   “I highly encourage students, faculty, and practitioners to read this book and distill for themselves the overarching lessons. Design With Nature Now is timely because it reintroduces us to an...

3. Are Land Use and Development Changes Associated with Value Capture as a Result of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Investments?

   A Longitudinal Land Parcel Data Analysis of the First Phase of the BRT System in Bogota, Colombia
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2019
   C. Erik Vergel-Tovar and Patrick Welch

   There has been a rapid growth of bus rapid transit (BRT) systems in the world. Currently, more than 200 cities have this type of mass transportation system. Few studies have examined the association...

4. Exploring the Use of Land Value Capture Instruments for Green Resilient Infrastructure Benefits

   A Framework Applied in Cali, Colombia
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2019
   Stelios Grafakos, Alexandra Tsatsou, Luca D'Acci, James Kostaras, Adriana Patricia López Valencia, Nohemi Ramirez Aranda, and Barbara Summers

   Building resilient infrastructure is one of the major challenges cities face due to urbanization rates and climate change. Financing these investments is an additional challenge particularly for...

5. The Role of Micro-Entrepreneurship in Emerging Land Markets

   A Case Study of Rental Markets in Havana, Cuba
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2019
   Raúl Santiago-Bartolomei, Marlon G. Boarnet, Annette M. Kim, and Nicole E. Esparza

   The government of Cuba has recently allowed its citizens to buy, sell, and rent property as part of a broader set of reforms that foster land market liberalization and micro-entrepreneurship by way...

6. Land Matters Podcast

   Episode 4: Solutions in Slums
   Revista Land Lines
   Agosto 2019
   By Anthony Flint, August 30, 2019

   Over the years, cities have responded to the expansion of such informal settlements with a range of policies including eviction and relocation. But some suggest that cities should stop thinking of slums as a problem to be solved.

7. Is Informal Transit Land-Oriented? Investigating the Links Between Informal Transit and Land-Use Planning in Quito, Ecuador

   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2019
   Julie Gamble and Elisa Puga

   Like many Latin American cities, Quito has undergone rapid urban transformation due to transportation interventions aimed at improving equity and environmental outcomes. Yet, informal transport...

8. Projects: Five Themes

   From New York City to Jining, China, These Projects Exemplify the Principle of Designing with Nature
   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2019
   Edited by Frederick Steiner, Richard Weller, Karen M’Closkey, and Billy Fleming

   Design with Nature Now spotlights 25 projects around the world that exemplify and extend Ian McHarg’s design philosophy. This article offers a glimpse of five such projects: the Malpai...

9. The Costs and Benefits of Urban Expansion

   Evidence from Mexico, 1990–2010
   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2019
   Jorge Montejano, Paavo Monkkonen, Erick Guerra, and Camilo Caudillo

   Urbanization is generally linked to economic growth, and agglomeration economies mean that people in larger cities are more productive. However, urban expansion is also associated with congestion,...

10. Doing Bad by Doing Good?

    An Empirical Analysis of the Incentives from Informal Settlements’ Upgrading Programs on Urban Informality
    Documentos de trabajo
    Marzo 2019
    Cynthia Goytia and Guadalupe Dorna

    This paper has two different aims. First, we investigate the effects of informal settlements upgrading programs through a systematic review synthesizing the information provided by evaluations of...