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1. Emerging Land and Housing Markets in China

   Libros
   Marzo 2005
   Edited by Chengri Ding and Yan Song

   Land and housing policies are of fundamental importance to sustainable economic growth and the well-being of the rapidly growing Chinese population. Therefore, research on land and housing policy...

2. From Walden to Wall Street

   Frontiers of Conservation Finance
   Libros
   Octubre 2005
   Edited by James N. Levitt

   In the absence of innovation in the field of conservation finance, a daunting funding gap faces conservationists aiming to protect America’s system of landscapes that provide sustainable...

3. Land Lines, October 2005

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2005
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores the relationships between economic development, infrastructure, and land taxation in the U.S.; informal settlements, and overall land and housing challenges, in Brazil’s Rio...

4. Land Lines, April 2005

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2005
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores spatial development patterns in the context of the North American megapolis; current trends of U.S. conservation easements and possibilties for their reinvention; and the role of...

5. Connections Between Economic Development and Land Taxation

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2005
   Jeffrey Chapman and Rex L. Facer II

   Recent court decisions have made economic development and tax policy front-page news. The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London raised a public outcry when it allowed local...

6. Faculty Profile

   C. Lowell Harriss
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2005

   C. Lowell Harriss is Professor Emeritus at Columbia University, where he taught economics from 1938 until his retirement in 1981. He then served as executive director of the Academy of Political...

7. America's Megapolitan Areas

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2005
   Robert E. Lang and Dawn Dhavale

   Megapolitan areas are integrated networks of metro- and micropolitan areas. The name “megapolitan” plays off Jean Gottmann’s 1961 “megalopolis” label by using the same prefix. We find that the United...

8. Stabilizing Property Taxes in Volatile Real Estate Markets

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2005
   Joan Youngman and Jane Malme

   Property taxes based on market value have many features that recommend them as a source of local government revenue. They promote visibility and accountability in public spending by providing...

9. Faculty Profile

   Jack R. Huddleston
   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2005

   Jack Huddleston is professor of urban and regional planning and is affiliated with the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his Ph.D...

10. From the Editor

    Revista Land Lines
    Abril 2005
    Ann LeRoyer

    Gregory K. Ingram, Director-General, Operations Evaluation at the World Bank Group in Washington, DC, has been appointed by the Lincoln Institute Board of Directors to succeed Jim Brown as president...