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1. Use-Value Assessment of Rural Lands

   Time for Reform?
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Noviembre 2015
   John E. Anderson and Richard W. England

   Use-value assessment (UVA) is the practice of valuing rural land according to its current use rather than its market value to reduce property taxes for rural land owners in the United States. This...

2. Economic Regulation of Utility Infrastructure

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Janice A. Beecher

   In this paper, Janice A. Beecher examines public infrastructure as having characteristics of both public and private goods that earn a separate classification as a toll good. Utilities demonstrate a...

3. Chicago and Its Skyway

   Lessons from an Urban Megaproject
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Louise Nelson Dyble

   In this paper, Louise Nelson Dyble examines the history of political leadership throughout the Chicago Skyway’s development as a public project and assesses the lessons from its eventual...

4. Restricting Residential Construction

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2007
   Edward L. Glaeser

   In this paper, Edward L. Glaeser analyzes how land use regulations have affected housing costs in selected U.S. cities, and he looks at the welfare effects of zoning on the economy and nonpropertied...

5. The Economics of Conservation Easements

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2007
   Andrew J. Plantinga

   Environmental preservation—or more specifically conservation easements—is an area of public action that affects property values. According to Andrew J. Plantinga, by 2005 about 3.9 million acres of...

6. Use-Value Assessment of Rural Land in the United States

   Libros
   Junio 2014
   John E. Anderson and Richard W. England

   This work explains and analyzes critical questions raised by the use-value assessment (UVA) policy for farmland preservation. It covers the origins, key features, impacts, and flaws of UVA programs...

7. Climate Change and Land Policies

   Libros
   Mayo 2011
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong

   Developing policies that will keep climate change in check has become a global priority, as increasing greenhouse gas emissions contribute to extreme weather patterns. If these emissions remain...

8. Land Lines, April 2004

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2004
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue offers a recap of a West Coast regional forum intended to address issues of housing affordability and traffic congestion; and looks at the implementation of waterfront redevelopment...

9. Land Lines, September 2000

   Revista Land Lines
   Septiembre 2000
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the need to redevelop low-value brownfield properties that are often neglected in marginal U.S. urban communities; and land policy issues tied to traditions of patrimonialism and...

10. Land Lines, September 1996

    Revista Land Lines
    Septiembre 1996
    Edited by Ann LeRoyer

    This issue looks at the U.S. communications technology revolution and patterns of settlement and job distribution in light of the upcoming 2000 census; the economic value of open space; and the...