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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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Addressing Inequality through Bold Spatial Interventions
The Case of the Corridors of Freedom in Johannesburg, South AfricaDocumentos de trabajoMayo 2021Philip Harrison, PhD and Margot Rubin, PhDIn 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...
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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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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...