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Experimenting with Land Value Capture on Western State Trust Land
PonenciasMayo 2012Susan Culp and Dan HuntingThe use of land value capture to finance investments in state trust land is another potential extension of the concept. Traditionally, state trust land has been leased to private companies and...
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Preparing for Rising Water Along U.S. Coastlines
PonenciasMayo 2011Bruce BabbittIn this paper, Bruce Babbitt argues that the most extensive land use impacts in the United States caused by climate change will occur along coastlines. Rising sea levels are already encroaching on...
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Integrating Adaptation and Mitigation in Local Climate Change Planning
PonenciasMayo 2011Elisabeth M. HaminAnother land use planning issue related to climate policy is the potential tradeoffs in land use between adaptation and mitigation. Whereas typical mitigation measures, such as compact city structure...
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The Decline in Transit-Sustaining Densities in U.S. Cities, 1910–2000
PonenciasMayo 2011Shlomo Angel, Alejandro Blei, Jason Parent, and Daniel A. CivcoIn this paper, Shlomo Angel, Alejandro Blei, Jason Parent, and Daniel A. Civco track the changes in transit-sustaining density in 20 U.S. cities from 1910 to 2000. They find a continuous decline in...
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Do U.S. Policy Makers Have Better Alternatives to Cap and Trade?
PonenciasMayo 2011Ian W. H. Parry and Roberton C. Williams IIIIn this paper, Ian W. H. Parry and Roberton C. Williams III argue that traditional benefit-cost assessments of different environmental policies often assume that the economy is in a Pareto optimum....
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Climate Change and the Management of National and State-Owned Land in the United States
PonenciasMayo 2011Christopher McGrory KlyzaIn this paper, Christopher McGrory Klyza discusses the relationship between the management of federal resource land and climate change. The federal agencies that oversee national land are the Bureau...
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The Impact of Climate Change on Land
PonenciasMayo 2011Robert MendelsohnIn this paper, Robert Mendelsohn discusses land use changes in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and recreational activities. Although the precise magnitude of climate change is not known,...