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1. Building Resilient and Sustainable Water Infrastructure with District Financing in Texas

   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2024
   Minjee Kim

   Climate change-induced extreme weather conditions and environmental disasters have elevated the importance of building resilient and sustainable infrastructure globally. This case study analyzes the...

2. Urban Development and Land Policy Reform in China

   Learning from Lincoln Institute-Funded Working Papers
   Documentos de trabajo
   Febrero 2024
   Ayden Chi

   Since China’s economic liberalization reforms took off in 1978, various urban and land policy issues have emerged on the local and national levels. This paper briefly examines issues around...

3. 2024 Urban Economics and Public Finance Conference

   Eventos
   Abril 19, 2024
   Abby Ostriker, Anna Russo, C. Luke Watson, Nathan Seegert, Mark Skidmore, Camila Alvayay-Torrejon, Erin Troland, and Brent Ambrose

   The economic growth and development of urban areas are closely linked to local fiscal conditions. This research seminar offers a forum for new academic work on the interaction of these two areas.

4. Grandes proyectos urbanos

   Conceptos y lecciones de política en América Latina
   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2023
   Eduardo Reese, Camila Maleronka, and María Cristina Rojas

   El presente reporte aborda el tema de grandes proyectos urbanos (GPU) desde una perspectiva latinoamericana y recoge las experiencias en la región. Desde allí asume una definició...

5. Land Policies, Urban Law, and Climate Change

   Urban Taxation Measures to Address Climate Change Stage 2: Case Analysis
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2023
   Melinda Maldonado, Safira de la Sala, Rachelle Alterman, Giovanni Andrés Pérez Macías, and Roberto Arazo Silva

   This document serves as a presentation of the second stage of research on Land Policies, Urban Planning Law, and Climate Change. In the first stage, we described a series of urban and taxation...

6. Developing a Quantitative Spatial Economic Model to Evaluate Urban Water Conservation Policies in Denver

   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2023
   Juan Carlos G. Lopez

   This paper develops a quantitative spatial model for the city of Denver to consider policy proposals to reduce urban water demand using data on land use and water demand by households and business...

7. Green Infrastructure, Home Values, Land Value Capture, and Equitable Property Assessment

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2023
   Jeffrey P. Cohen, Michael Dietz, and Yuchen Huang

   Climate change has necessitated innovative approaches to financing storm water mitigation in coastal communities throughout the world. We study how adding bioswales near residential properties in New...

8. Effects of Flood Hazard on Property Prices in Cape Town, South Africa

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2023
   Claus Rabe and David Karpul

   In 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...

9. The Case for Climate-Informed Zoning

   A Study of Fiscal Impact in Norfolk, VA
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2023
   Katherine Burgess, Michael Rodriguez, Jordan Howard, Jared Klukas, and Megan Wright

   As the impacts of climate change continue to intensify, zoning presents a key tool to direct development to protect communities from climate events. Norfolk, Virginia, a city at severe risk from sea...

10. China's Policy to Limit Use of Public-Private Partnerships by Municipalities to Finance Capital Improvements

    A Regression Discontinuity Design Analysis of the Fiscal Impact
    Documentos de trabajo
    Junio 2023
    Robert Bland, Jingran Sun, and Yu Shi

    China’s rapid urbanization in the past four decades combined with the national government’s ambitious goals for economic growth have pressured public officials in prefectural cities to...