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Involuntary Resettlement in Infrastructure Projects
A Development PerspectivePonenciasMayo 2013Robert PicciottoA perennial issue with megaprojects and mega-events is the involuntary resettlement and forced displacement that are often associated with infrastructure development. Mega-events involve large...
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Strengthening Urban Industry
The Importance of Infrastructure and LocationPonenciasMayo 2013Nancey Green LeighWithin urban policy development and planning practice, a little acknowledged conflict exists: efforts to increase population density and promote more effective use of grey infrastructure—built...
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How and Why Does the Quality of Infrastructure Service Delivery Vary?
PonenciasMayo 2013George R. G. ClarkeIn this paper, presented by George R. G. Clarke at Lincoln Institute’s 2012 Conference on Infrastructure and Land Policy the author observes that access to infrastructure and the quality of...
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Metropolitan Cities
Their Rise, Role, and FuturePonenciasAbril 2013Shahid YusufIn this paper, the author points out that the world’s population crossed the 7 billion mark in 2011, more than half of it in cities. Each week the ranks of urban residents increase by 1million and on...
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The Decentralization of Governance in Metropolitan Areas
PonenciasAbril 2013Roy W. BahlThe theory and practice of providing government services in metropolitan areas are subjects that have attracted a great deal of attention in the industrial countries but have been largely ignored in...
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Slum Upgrading
PonenciasAbril 2013Maria E. FreireIn this paper, Maria E. Freire discusses the alternatives available to finance slum upgrading in metropolitan areas and large cities. It examines the size of the problem as described by the U.N....
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Airport Improvement Fees, Benefit Spillovers, and Land Value Capture Mechanisms
PonenciasMayo 2012Anming ZhangAirports may use land value capture as a funding source for infrastructure improvements. Anming Zhang explores the questions of how positive externalities generated by airports should be internalized...
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U.S. Urban Revitalization in the Twenty-First Century
Hopeful SignsPonenciasMayo 2007Eugénie L. BirchEugénie L. Birch discusses past attempts by municipalities to revitalize U.S. inner cities. The U.S. urban renewal strategies described by Birch are similar in many ways to the British urban...
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Brazil’s Urban Land and Housing Markets
How Well Are They Working?PonenciasMayo 2007David E. DowallAs does the United States, Brazil faces many housing policy challenges. David E. Dowell points out that Brazilian housing is expensive and lacks local services and secure land tenure—a phenomenon...