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1. El escritorio del alcalde

   Fomentar la resiliencia ante el cambio climático en Sierra Leona
   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2023
   Por Anthony Flint

   La alcaldesa Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr asumió su cargo en Freetown, Sierra Leona, en mayo de 2018, después de desempeñarse como jefa del Ayuntamiento de la ciudad de Freetown. La profesional de las...

2. Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center Celebrates 15th Anniversary

   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2022
   By Katharine Wroth, November 28, 2022

   The Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy celebrated its 15th anniversary in November 2022. Leaders from both organizations gathered virtually and in person...

3. Mayor’s Desk: Cultivating Climate Resilience in Sierra Leone

   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2022
   By Anthony Flint, November 10, 2022

   Freetown, Sierra Leone, is one of seven cities around the world that have appointed chief heat officers as part of a global effort to invest in a climate-resilient future. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr...

4. Inclusionary Zoning in New York and Paris

   Trojan Horse or Antidote to Gentrification?
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2022
   Lance Freeman and Magda Maaoui
   With research assistance from Xiyu Chen and Yining Lei

   This study addresses the question of whether inclusionary zoning impacts disadvantaged neighborhoods by serving as a signal for an up-and-coming neighborhood, thereby triggering gentrification. We...

5. Integrated Policy and Planning for Connectivity Conservation

   Lessons from Kenya, Romania, and Vermont, U.S.A.
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2022
   Zachary Wurtzebach 

   Ecological connectivity—the unimpeded movement of species and the flow of natural processes that sustain life on earth—is fundamental for biodiversity conservation in the 21st century. In...

6. A Global Perspective on Land Use Regulations and Housing Outcomes

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2022
   Cynthia Goytia and Eric J. Heikkila

   This paper examines the relationship between land use regulations and housing outcomes, especially housing affordability and informality. Using a unique and important database of 191 metropolitan...

7. Providing Affordable Home Ownership Opportunities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2021
   Larissa Larsen and Kumelachew Yeshitela

   The City Administration of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has engaged in an extensive public effort to build owner-occupied housing to meet the needs of low- and moderate-income residents. By comparing the...

8. Opportunity Clusters

   The Twin Cities Case Study
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2021
   Andrew Guthrie, Yingling Fan, and Greg Lindsey

   Minnesota’s Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (TCMA), which includes Minneapolis and Saint Paul, presents a confounding example of overall regional prosperity marred by racial disparities in income...

9. Social Equity Policies and Spatial Development

   The Case of Lisbon’s Subway Expansion Projects (1998-2018)
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2021
   João Rafael Santos, David Vale, and Fernando Nunes da Silva

   Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, is a city and distinct municipality with 545,000 inhabitants at the center of a metropolitan area, home to 2,810,000 inhabitants (2011 Census). Its position at the...

10. Addressing Inequality through Bold Spatial Interventions

    The Case of the Corridors of Freedom in Johannesburg, South Africa
    Documentos de trabajo
    Mayo 2021
    Philip Harrison, PhD and Margot Rubin, PhD

    In 2016, UN Habitat ranked Johannesburg the most unequal large city in the world. Although extreme in international terms, and particular for its apartheid history, experiences from Johannesburg...