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1. Recycling the City

   The Use and Reuse of Urban Land
   Libros
   Noviembre 2004
   Edited by Rosalind Greenstein and Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz

   This collection of essays examines underutilized, abandoned, and vacant urban land within political, economic, institutional, and policy contexts. In the volume’s three sections, the authors...

2. Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries

   Libros
   Abril 2013
   Edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, and Deborah L. Wetzel

   This 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...

3. Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on the Property Tax

   Libros
   Enero 2010
   Edited by Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Joan Youngman

   This book reviews the role of the property tax, addresses the reasons behind its poor performance in practice, and critiques the conventional wisdom in academic literature on the subject. It also...

4. 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...

5. The Development of Property Taxation in Economies in Transition

   Case Studies from Central and Eastern Europe
   Libros
   Septiembre 2001
   Edited by Jane H. Malme and Joan M. Youngman

   In the 1990s, Central and Eastern Europe transitioned from communist to market economies and property taxation took on an important role as many countries developed new fiscal policies and new...

6. China’s Housing Reform and Outcomes

   Libros
   Abril 2011
   Edited by Joyce Yanyun Man

   “This book provides a unique evaluation of the most sweeping, swift, and successful housing policy reform ever conducted in any country. It is indispensable for any professional involved in...

7. 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...

8. 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...

9. 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...

10. Smart Growth Policies

    An Evaluation of Programs and Outcomes
    Libros
    Mayo 2009
    Edited by Gregory K. Ingram, Armando Carbonell, Yu-Hung Hong, and Anthony Flint

    Over recent decades as concerns mounted about the economic, social, and environmental impacts of sprawl, many states and localities began to put policies in place to shape settlement patterns. By the...