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1. The Changing Politics of Urban Mega-Projects

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2003
   Alan Altshuler and David Luberoff

   From 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...

2. Reexamining the Property Tax Exemption

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2003
   H. Woods Bowman

   Government-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exempt from local taxes almost everywhere in the United States, but this situation is based less on logic than on now-outdated historical considerations.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,...

3. Using Value Capture to Benefit the Poor

   The Usme Project in Colombia
   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2003
   María Mercedes Maldonado Copello and Martim O. Smolka

   Public 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...

4. Urban Land Policy Reform in China

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2003
   Chengri Ding and Gerrit Knaap

   Photograph 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...

5. Faculty Profiles

   Julie Campoli and Alex MacLean
   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2003

   Julie 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...

6. Making Sense of Place, Phoenix

   The Urban Desert
   Videos y multimedia
   Abril 2003

   In 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...

7. From the President

   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2003
   H. James Brown

   In 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...

8. Message from the President

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2003
   H. James Brown

   As 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...

9. Planners and Economists Debate Land Market Policy

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2003
   Paul Cheshire, Rosalind Greenstein, and Stephen C. Sheppard

   The 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...

10. Urban Renewal in a South African Township

    Revista Land Lines
    Octubre 2003
    David Goldberg

    For 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...