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Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries
LibrosAbril 2013Edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, and Deborah L. WetzelThis work uses case studies of urban financing mechanisms in China, India, and Brazil to help decision makers in developing countries address the challenges of rapid metropolitan growth. The report...
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Education, Land, and Location
LibrosMayo 2014Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Daphne A. KenyonBecause 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...
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Land and the City
LibrosEnero 2016Edited by George W. McCarthy, Gregory K. Ingram, and Samuel A. MoodyThis 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...
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Instrumentos notables de políticas de suelo en América Latina
LibrosAbril 2014Edited by Martim O. Smolka and Fernanda FurtadoBased on work presented at the May 2013 Latin American Forum on Noteworthy Instruments of Urban Intervention, this book (which includes work written in Spanish and Portuguese) presents 21 case...
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Value Capture and Land Policies
LibrosMayo 2012Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung HongAttention to value capture as a source of public revenue has been increasing in the United States and internationally as some governments experience declines in revenue from traditional sources and...
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Global Universities and Urban Development
Case Studies and AnalysisLibrosMarzo 2008Edited by Wim Wiewel and David C. PerryThis book on the role of global universities in urban development, edited by Wim Wiewel and David C. Perry, complements their previous volume on U.S. institutions, The University as Urban Developer:...
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Conservation Catalysts
The Academy as Nature’s AgentLibrosNoviembre 2014Edited by James N. Levitt with a foreword by Stephen Woodley“We can gain encouragement from the coalition of groups that have rallied together to promote conservation and embrace connectivity: universities, environmental groups, land trusts, churches,...
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Atlas of Urban Expansion
LibrosJunio 2012Shlomo Angel, Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. BleiNote: This volume is currently out of stock and an updated edition is now available in two volumes — Atlas of Urban Expansion—2016 Edition, Volume 1: Areas and Densities and Atlas of...