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Grandes proyectos urbanos
Conceptos y lecciones de política en América LatinaDocumentos de trabajoDiciembre 2023El presente reporte aborda el tema de grandes proyectos urbanos (GPU) desde una perspectiva latinoamericana y recoge las experiencias en la región. Desde allí asume una definició...
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China’s Shifting Demographic Geography
Insights from the 2020 CensusDocumentos de trabajoFebrero 2023Douglas Webster, Jianming Cai, Larissa Muller, and Feifei ZhangThis monograph identifies key changes (trends, abrupt changes) in the 21st Century spatial distribution of the Chinese population, based primarily on absolute and relative changes between the 2010 (...
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Regulating Urban Sustainability
Land Regulations, Urban Spatial Structure, Transportation Infrastructure, and Greenhouse Gas EmissionsDocumentos de trabajoFebrero 2022Paavo Monkkonen , Erick Guerra, Jorge Montejano Escamilla, and Camilo Caudillo CosCities feature prominently in debates over how to deal with the existential threat of climate change, alternating between the role of potential savior (e.g. Copenhagen or Amsterdam) and prime culprit...
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Status of a New Value Capture Tool in Mexico City
El Sistema de Actuación por CooperaciónDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2021David LeipzigerGrowing cities in Latin America are expanding their urban footprints at the expense of central cores. The result strains public resources, and local governments increasingly pursue strategies to...
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Large Scale Urban Projects
The State and Gentrification in the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan RegionDocumentos de trabajoAbril 2020Roberto Luís de Melo Monte-Mór, Renan Pereira Almeida, and Marcelo de Brito BrandãoThis paper assesses the degree to which a series of large-scale urban projects along the North Axis of the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte (MRBH), Brazil, may have triggered a process of...
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Is Informal Transit Land-Oriented? Investigating the Links Between Informal Transit and Land-Use Planning in Quito, Ecuador
Documentos de trabajoMayo 2019Julie Gamble and Elisa PugaLike many Latin American cities, Quito has undergone rapid urban transformation due to transportation interventions aimed at improving equity and environmental outcomes. Yet, informal transport...
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Designing Land Value Capture Tools in the Context of Complex Tenurial and Deficient Land Use Regulatory Regimes in Accra, Ghana
Documentos de trabajoMarzo 2019Samuel Banleman BiitirRapid urbanization has increased the demand for urban infrastructure services. Municipalities have attempted to finance infrastructure services with value capture instruments. The paper highlights...
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The Costs and Benefits of Urban Expansion
Evidence from Mexico, 1990–2010Documentos de trabajoMarzo 2019Jorge Montejano, Paavo Monkkonen, Erick Guerra, and Camilo CaudilloUrbanization 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,...
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The Sprawl of Economics
A Response to Jan BruecknerDocumentos de trabajoJunio 2007Gerrit-Jan KnaapUnder a variety of labels, smart growth has risen rapidly in popularity in the United States. The reasons for this rapid ascendance are multiple—increasing traffic congestion, rising property...
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Who Will Be Affected by a Congestion Pricing Scheme in Beijing?
Documentos de trabajoSeptiembre 2015Joshua Linn, Zhongmin Wang, and Lunyu XieEquity concerns have been an important obstacle to adopting congestion pricing, in both developed and developing countries. However, the existing evidence on the equity effects of congestion pricing...