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The Changing Politics of Urban Mega-Projects
Revista Land LinesOctubre 2003Alan Altshuler and David LuberoffFrom the earliest days of the Republic, civic boosters have prodded American governments to develop large-scale physical facilities—mega-projects, we label them—ranging from canals and railroads in...
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Reexamining the Property Tax Exemption
Revista Land LinesJulio 2003H. Woods BowmanGovernment-owned property is exempt from local taxes almost everywhere in the United States, but this situation is based less on logic than on now-outdated historical considerations. Remarkably,...
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Using Value Capture to Benefit the Poor
The Usme Project in ColombiaRevista Land LinesJulio 2003Public policies and actions regarding social housing in Colombia, as in other Latin American countries, have concentrated on regularization and upgrading programs, which in many cases are linked to...
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Urban Land Policy Reform in China
Revista Land LinesAbril 2003Chengri Ding and Gerrit KnaapPhotograph Caption: H. James Brown, president of the Lincoln Institute, with Lu Xinshe, vice-minister of China’s Ministry of Land and Resources, signed an agreement in September 2002 at Lincoln House...
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Faculty Profiles
Julie Campoli and Alex MacLeanRevista Land LinesAbril 2003Julie Campoli, a landscape architect, land planner and principal of Terra Firma Urban Design in Burlington, Vermont, and Alex MacLean, a photographer, trained architect and principal of Landslides...
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Making Sense of Place, Phoenix
The Urban DesertVideos y multimediaAbril 2003In only half a century, Phoenix has expanded from a small desert town into the sixth largest city in the U.S. Through the eyes and voices of Phoenix residents, this film explores the...
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From the President
Revista Land LinesOctubre 2003H. James BrownIn preparation for the 2003–2004 academic year, the Lincoln Institute has made some changes in its departmental structure. We established the Department of International Studies to integrate the...
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Message from the President
Revista Land LinesJulio 2003H. James BrownAs we complete one academic year and plan for the next, I am impressed by the richness and multidimensional nature of the Lincoln Institute’s educational programs. We have developed a strong...
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Planners and Economists Debate Land Market Policy
Revista Land LinesEnero 2003Paul Cheshire, Rosalind Greenstein, and Stephen C. SheppardThe land market allocates land and access to urban amenities, and it does so with impressive efficiency. Yet, economists and planners continue to debate the extent to which the market fails to...
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Urban Renewal in a South African Township
Revista Land LinesOctubre 2003David GoldbergFor the past six years, the Lincoln Institute has been collaborating with the Loeb Fellowship Program at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Established in 1970 through the generosity of...
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