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1. Land Lines, January 2008

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2008
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the need for coordinated mitigation efforts to combat climate change in North American cities; inequality caused by widening gaps in assessed property valuation that is associated...

2. Land Lines, April 2008

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2008
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   In this issue, we feature articles on the land value impacts of bus rapid transit and the use of referanda for the conservation of open space.

3. Note on Measuring Changes in Capital/Land Ratios Related to Tax Changes

   Documentos de trabajo
   Diciembre 2008
   Gregory K. Ingram

   Theory strongly supports the conclusion that a reduction in the tax on structures in an urban area will increase the intensity of urban development, measured in terms of the quantity of structures (...

4. Instruments for the Recovery of Value Increments in Latin America

   Weak Implementation, Ambiguous Interpretation
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2008
   Fernanda Furtado

   The private appropriation of land value increments is often cited as a central factor in the literature on problems of Latin American urbanization. Researchers have been in agreement for at least 20...

5. Urban Land as a Factor in Economic and Social Inclusion

   The Experience of Havana
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2008
   Ricardo Núñez Fernández

   This paper explores the topic of planning under a centrally planned socialist economy, as exemplified by the case of Havana, Cuba. The specific features of urban land management in Cuba are explored...

6. Consistency of Land Values

   Comparison of Three General Approaches to Valuing Land Where There are Few Vacant Land Sales
   Documentos de trabajo
   Abril 2008
   Michael E. Bell and John H. Bowman

   Accurate land valuation is critical to land value taxation, which taxes land more heavily than improvements. In previous work we found three approaches to valuing the land component of improved...

7. Municipal Taxes as Instruments for Value Capture in Perú

   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2008
   Julio A. Calderón Cockburn

   This article describes the overall Peruvian policy on municipalities and their legal mechanisms for the recovery of local government investments (the Betterment Levy and the Special Assessment on...

8. Achievements and Shortcomings of the Venezuelan Government in Value Capture

   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2008
   Oscar Olinto Camacho and Ariana Tarhan

   The study begins with a bibliographic review of the historical background and the existing legal framework for the capture of value increments. It goes on to examine cases where value capture could...

9. Teardowns and Hedonic Land Value Function Estimation using Non-Sample Information

   Documentos de trabajo
   Marzo 2008
   Daniel P. McMillen

   Teardowns provide direct information on land values in fully developed urban areas because such properties are valued only for their land and location rather than for the characteristics of the...

10. Risk, Vulnerability, and Disaster Prevention in Large Cities

    Documentos de trabajo
    Febrero 2008
    Manuel Perló Cohen

    This work is a brief descriptive history. It provides an overview of disasters that have occurred in large urban centers over the last 30 years, as well as the damages and deaths these have caused. I...