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1. Regional Visioning

   Utah's Wasatch Front Region Reflects on Two Decades of Scenario Planning
   Revista Land Lines
   Diciembre 2020
   By Emma Zehner, December 16, 2020

   In the late 1990s, the 10-county Greater Wasatch area of Utah faced the prospect of rapid population growth. Experts projected that by 2020, one million new residents would migrate to cities along...

2. The Property Tax in Latvia

   System Structure and Current Challenges
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2020
   Sarmite Barvika

   The aim of this paper is to analyze the current state and trends of real property taxation policy in Latvia. Particular importance is given to the general statistical and historical overview of real...

3. How States Provide Cities with General Revenue

   An Analysis of Unrestricted State Aid
   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 2020
   Amanda Kass, Michael Pagano, and Farhad Kaab Omeyr

   Municipal governments in the United States generate revenues from their own sources (their authority to charge for services and collect taxes); other governments (intergovernmental revenue); and, by...

4. The Road to Recovery

   Natural Disaster Recovery Experts on the Pandemic and the Path Forward
   Revista Land Lines
   Septiembre 2020
   By Emma Zehner, September 21, 2020

   Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on the Columbia University Press blog. COVID-19 has presented new challenges for leaders at all levels, forcing many to reconsider their emergency...

5. Measuring the Fiscal Health of U.S. Cities

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2020
   Howard Chernick and Andrew Reschovsky

   This paper uses a specially constructed data base on city finance that accounts for the revenues and spending of the constituent governments that provide public services in cities—municipal...

6. What Makes Mixed-Use Development Economically Desirable?

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2020
   Qing Shen and Feiyang Sun

   Mixed-use development has been widely advocated by urban planners as an important planning tool for sustainable urban development. However, despite the fact that mixed land use is commonly observed...

7. Property Tax

   Fifty-State Study Shows Property Tax Inequities from Assessment Limits Continue to Grow
   Revista Land Lines
   Junio 2020
   By Will Jason, June 10, 2020

   In states with property tax assessment limits, disparities in tax bills between new and longtime homeowners continued to grow, according to the annual 50-State Property Tax Comparison Study by the...

8. Mayor’s Desk

   A Capital Reckoning in Washington, DC
   Revista Land Lines
   Septiembre 2020
   By Anthony Flint, September 2, 2020

   Muriel Bowser vaulted to national prominence this year as a leading voice in the coronavirus pandemic and the movement for racial justice. Bowser was elected mayor of Washington, DC, in 2014 and...

9. Greenventory 2.0

   Sustainability Lessons from Small and Midsize Legacy Cities
   Documentos de trabajo
   Septiembre 2020
   Joseph Schilling and Gabriella Velasco

   This working paper builds the policy case for why sustainability presents small-to-midsize legacy cities with a promising pathway for their regeneration. Its conceptual foundation rests at the...

10. Opening Doors

    Land Banks and Community Land Trusts Partner to Unlock Affordable Housing Opportunities
    Revista Land Lines
    Octubre 2020
    By Emma Zehner, October 7, 2020

    In cities across the United States, high housing costs and economic insecurity are making it increasingly hard to secure shelter. To address this crisis, land banks and community land trusts are...