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1. Housing Policies and Urban Development

   Lessons from the Latin American Experience, 1960–2010
   Ponencias
   Noviembre 2015
   Eduardo Rojas

   Access and opportunity are tied in many different ways to location. One’s neighborhood and neighbors can have dramatic effects on health and political, socioeconomic, and education opportunities and...

2. The Relationship Between the Rise of Private Communities and Increasing Socioeconomic Stratification

   Ponencias
   Noviembre 2015
   Evan McKenzie

   In this paper, Evan McKenzie examines the rise of common interest housing, which takes the form of private homeowners’ associations, condominiums, and housing cooperatives. The relationship between...

3. Is Location Fate?

   Distributional Aspects of Schooling
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   Eric Hanushek

   Eric A. Hanushek analyzes the impact of human capital on economic outcomes, arguing that cognitive skills are a better measure of human capital than years of schooling. He focuses on urban schools...

4. The Location Effects of Alternative Road-Pricing Policies

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Alex Anas

   Just as physical infrastructure affects urban development patterns, the taxation of motor vehicle use and the pricing of road infrastructure shape land policy by affecting location choices and land...

5. Strengthening Urban Industry

   The Importance of Infrastructure and Location
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Nancey Green Leigh

   Within 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...

6. Land Value Capture and Justice

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Susan S. Fainstein

   In this paper, Susan S. Fainstein examines the arguments for using land value capture for distributive purposes. Her assertion is founded on Henry George’s idea that land value increments created by...

7. The Unearned Increment

   Property and the Capture of Betterment Value in Britain and France
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Philip A. Booth

   In this paper, Philip A. Booth shows land value capture is closely linked to institutions that define property in land. Thus, we need to consider how property has been constructed in the law,...

8. Town Planning Schemes as a Hybrid Land Readjustment Process in Ahmedabad, India

   A Better Way to Grow?
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Bishwapriya Sanyal and Chandan Deuskar

   In India, local governments have increasingly relied on town planning schemes (TPS) to influence urban growth and to finance affordable housing and basic infrastructure. TPS is a hybrid land...

9. Science Parks and Land Value Capture

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Michael I. Luger and Justyna Dabrowska

   Some value capture approaches are tailored for specific development projects. For instance, the science park has become a popular form of town-gown partnership used to boost local economic...

10. The Affordability Challenge

    Inclusionary Housing and Community Land Trusts in a Federal System
    Ponencias
    Mayo 2012
    Richard P. Voith and Susan M. Wachter

    Richard P. Voith and Susan M. Wachter discuss the relationship between building durable affordable housing and land value capture, using inclusionary housing requirements and community land trusts (...