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Inclusionary Zoning in New York and Paris
Trojan Horse or Antidote to Gentrification?Documentos de trabajoJunio 2022Lance Freeman and Magda Maaoui
With research assistance from Xiyu Chen and Yining LeiThis 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...
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Integrated Policy and Planning for Connectivity Conservation
Lessons from Kenya, Romania, and Vermont, U.S.A.Documentos de trabajoJunio 2022Zachary WurtzebachEcological 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...
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Medellín’s Integrated Urban Projects
A Planning Tool to Reduce Socio-Spatial InequalityDocumentos de trabajoMayo 2021Luisa SotomayorThe second-largest city in Colombia, Medellín, has 2.5 million inhabitants, and the population of its metropolitan region totaled 3.9 million as of 2016. Medellín has an advanced level...
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The Statute of the Metropolis and Planning Reform in Brazil
Analyzing Land Use Planning Practices and Metropolitan Land ConflictsDocumentos de trabajoJulio 2021Abigail Friendly and Felipe Francisco De SouzaIn 2015, Brazil enacted the Statute of the Metropolis (Federal Law No. 13,089) to regulate the establishment of metropolitan areas and regional public policies throughout the country. This research...
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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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Beyond “Accidents of Geography”
Using Housing Policy to Improve Access to Quality EducationPonenciasMayo 2014Elizabeth Mueller and Shannon Van ZandtElizabeth J. Mueller and Shannon S. Van Zandt argue that private restrictive covenants, land use and zoning regulations, and federal housing policies have played a major role in creating income and...
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Land Use and Vehicle Miles of Travel in the Climate Change Debate
Getting Smarter Than Your Average BearPonenciasMayo 2011Marlon G. Boarnet, Douglas Houston, Gavin Ferguson, and Steven SpearsIn this paper, Marlon G. Boarnet, Douglas Houston, Gavin Ferguson, and Steven Spears analyze the nonlinear relationship between land use and VMT and related thresholds. Based on a travel diary survey...
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Zoning Rules!
The Economics of Land Use RegulationLibrosJulio 2015“Fischel . . . does for the housing debate what zoning once did for cities: brings order and coherence to what’s otherwise a mess.” — Ezra Klein, New York Times This best-...
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Fiscal Decentralization and Land Policies
LibrosMayo 2008Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung HongThe study of fiscal decentralization has important policy implications for urban growth management, environmental conservation, and property taxation. First, fiscal decentralization gives local...
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Creating Productive Urban Landscapes: An Emerging Framework
Videos y multimediaDiciembre 2016Teresa Lynch and Chris ReedTeresa Lynch and Chris Reed present the outlines of a new, multi-disciplinary framework for conceptualizing and utilizing urban land, and discuss the enormous challenges that remain.