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1. Property Tax in Africa

   Status, Challenges, and Prospects
   Libros
   Junio 2017
   Edited by Riël Franzsen and William McCluskey

   “This one-of-a-kind study is an indispensable source for academics and policy makers who seek to explore the virtues of the property tax. The relevance of this volume clearly transcends the...

2. Mega-Projects

   The Challenging Politics of Urban Public Investment
   Libros
   Abril 2003
   Alan Altshuler and David Luberoff

   Since the demise of urban renewal in the early 1970s, the politics of large-scale public investment in urban areas has received little scholarly attention. This book examines the forces that gave...

3. Land Market Monitoring for Smart Urban Growth

   Libros
   Diciembre 2001
   Edited by Gerrit J. Knaap

   The fundamental debate about urban growth—no growth, slow growth, go growth—will never be resolved, but there is general agreement that urban growth will occur, that it needs some type of...

4. Retention of Land for Agriculture

   Policy, Practice and Potential in New England
   Libros
   Junio 1990
   Frank Schnidman, Michael Smiley, and Eric G. Woodbury

   The only complete state-by-state analysis of programs to conserve farmland in New England, this book shows that local support and active cooperation of farm owners are keys to success. In evaluating...

5. Emerging Land and Housing Markets in China

   Libros
   Marzo 2005
   Edited by Chengri Ding and Yan Song

   Land and housing policies are of fundamental importance to sustainable economic growth and the well-being of the rapidly growing Chinese population. Therefore, research on land and housing policy...

6. Leasing Public Land

   Policy Debates and International Experiences
   Libros
   Abril 2003
   Edited by Steven C. Bourassa and Yu-Hung Hong

   Leasing public land has been advocated as a viable land tenure option for former socialist countries and other transitional economies. However, the debate about land tenure has been influenced more...

7. Land and the City

   Libros
   Enero 2016
   Edited by George W. McCarthy, Gregory K. Ingram, and Samuel A. Moody

   This book from the Lincoln Institute's 2014 Land Policy Conference examines issues of land use policies and their impact on sustainable urbanization. By 1960, one-third of the world’s...

8. Zoning Rules!

   The Economics of Land Use Regulation
   Libros
   Julio 2015
   William A. Fischel

   “Fischel . . . does for the housing debate what zoning once did for cities: brings order and coherence to what’s otherwise a mess.” — Ezra Klein, New York Times This best-...

9. Use-Value Assessment of Rural Land in the United States

   Libros
   Junio 2014
   John E. Anderson and Richard W. England

   This work explains and analyzes critical questions raised by the use-value assessment (UVA) policy for farmland preservation. It covers the origins, key features, impacts, and flaws of UVA programs...

10. Education, Land, and Location

    Libros
    Mayo 2014
    Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Daphne A. Kenyon

    Because most children throughout the world attend elementary and secondary schools near their homes, where they live usually determines where they go to school. In the United States, the relationship...