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Effects of Flood Hazard on Property Prices in Cape Town, South Africa
Documentos de trabajoJulio 2023Claus Rabe and David KarpulIn many cities in the Developing South, a growing number of households live in areas prone to flooding. Past research indicates that flood risk has a discount effect on property prices, an important...
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A Day in the Life
Videos y multimediaOctubre 2022What does the work of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy look like on the ground? We outfitted several team members and partners with 360-degree cameras and asked them to visually share the places...
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Land Lines, Enero/Abril 2021
Revista Land LinesEnero 2021Editado por Katharine WrothEste número doble especial de Land Lines conmemora el 75.º aniversario del Instituto Lincoln de Políticas de Suelo, narra la historia de la organización y explora có...
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Programmes, Practices, and Preconditions
Learning from Cape Town’s Experience with One-Off Contributions from DevelopersDocumentos de trabajoJulio 2021Stephen Berrisford, Liza Rose Cirolia, and Elisabeth MakumbiThere is increasing interest in the applicability of land-based financing instruments in subSaharan Africa. African cities are opportune sites to explore the potential of land-based financing....
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Special Assessment Districts and the Financing of Infrastructure in South Africa
The Innovative Use of a Special Rating Area in Claremont, Cape TownDocumentos de trabajoJunio 2020Willard Matiashe and Arthur GermondSince 2000, special rating areas (SRAs), also known as Special Assessment Districts and/or city improvement districts (CIDs), have been used to revive urban nodes across the City of Cape Town (Cape...
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Urban Land Value Capture in São Paulo, Addis Ababa, and Hyderabad
Differing Interpretations, Equity Impacts, and Enabling ConditionsDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2020Anjali Mahendra, Robin King, Erin Gray, Maria Hart, Laura Azeredo, Luana Betti, Surya Prakash, Amartya Deb, Elleni Ashebir, and Asmaa IbrahimThis paper presents analysis of the fiscal and equity impacts of urban land value capture instruments based on three case studies from the global south. These include the Lideta redevelopment in...
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How a New Land Policy Could Help Unwind Apartheid in Cape Town, South Africa
Inclusionary Housing is a Form of Land Value Capture, or Land Value ReturnRevista Land LinesOctubre 2019By Will Jason, October 18, 2019Twenty-five years after apartheid, Cape Town is still deeply segregated. One solution could lie in a policy that taps rising real estate values to create affordable housing in neighborhoods with good...
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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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Sustainable Development
Slums, Informal Settlements, and the Role of Land PolicyRevista Land LinesNoviembre 2018By Will Jason, November 19, 2018Slums and informal settlements hold a quarter of the global urban population, and they are absorbing the majority of urban growth in developing regions.
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Climate Change and Land Policies
LibrosMayo 2011Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung HongDeveloping 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...