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1. To Have & To Hold

   Property Titles at Risk in Peru
   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2015
   Ryan Dubé

   Peru’s titling program of the 1990s granted property ownership to millions of informal settlers. Now many of those homes are reverting to informality, simply because owners are failing to use...

2. Bus Rapid Transit and Urban Development in Latin America

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2013
   Daniel A. Rodriguez and Erik Vergel Tovar

   Latin American cities have been leaders in the implementation of bus rapid transit (BRT) systems—a transportation mode often characterized by infrastructure improvements that prioritize transit...

3. From Stigma to Housing Fix

   The Evolution of Manufactured Homes
   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2015
   Loren Berlin

   Comfortable and attractive, today’s factory-built abodes are energy-efficient, less than half the price of site-built houses, and five times faster to build. They’re also permanently...

4. The Once and Future City

   Detroit
   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2015
   John Gallagher

   The rubber hits the road in the Motor City, as citizens, planners, developers, and civic leaders implement a strategy to repurpose vacant lots and buildings, curb sprawl and disinvestment, and...

5. The Window Tax

   A Transparent Case of Excess Burden
   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2014
   Wallace E. Oates and Robert M. Schwab

   The 17th-century British window tax, levied upon the number of windows in a residence, inspired extreme creative measures to avoid the tax. The authors describe the effects and calculate the costs of...

6. Land Use Changes and Economic Growth in China

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2012
   Canfei He, Zhiji Huang, and Weikai Wang

   Since the implementation of its economic reform, China has pursued a resource-intensive growth model that has forced land to play a critical role in sustaining its rapid economic growth. Land in...