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1. Regenerating America’s Legacy Cities

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2013
   Alan Mallach and Lavea Brachman

   This report explores the challenges of regenerating America's legacy cities and suggests ways to overcome obstacles such as job and population loss. Community and economic developers will learn...

2. Rethinking Property Tax Incentives for Business

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Junio 2012
   Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam H. Langley, and Bethany P. Paquin

   State and local governments use many types of property tax incentives to increase business development. This report reviews those incentives, summarizes the literature regarding their effectiveness,...

3. Opening Access to Scenario Planning Tools

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Abril 2012
   Jim Holway, C.J. Gabbe, Frank Hebbert, Jason Lally, Robert Matthews, and Ray Quay

   In the face of increasing complexity and uncertainty, planners, public officials, and community residents need new tools to anticipate and shape the future. Opening Access to Scenario Planning Tools...

4. Regularización de asentamientos informales en América Latina

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Octubre 2011
   Edésio Fernandes

   In large Latin American cities the number of dwellings in informal settlements ranges from one-tenth to one-third of urban residences. These informal settlements are caused by low income, unrealistic...

5. Regularização de Assentamentos Informais na América Latina

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Octubre 2011
   Edésio Fernandes

   In large Latin American cities the number of dwellings in informal settlements ranges from one-tenth to one-third of urban residences. These informal settlements are caused by low income, unrealistic...

6. High-Speed Rail

   International Lessons for U.S. Policy Makers
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Septiembre 2011
   Petra Todorovich, Daniel Schned, and Robert Lane

   High-speed rail has been adopted throughout the world, and is now being planned and developed in the United States. Over the past 50 years, U.S. transportation spending has favored the development of...

7. Regularization of Informal Settlements in Latin America

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2011
   Edésio Fernandes

   This report provides municipal and community leaders with an overview of the challenge of informal settlements in Latin America, along with recommendations for improving regularization policies. It...

8. Making Room for a Planet of Cities

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Enero 2011
   Shlomo Angel, with Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. Blei

   This report—the precursor to Planet of Cities—provides policy makers and planners with a conceptual framework for understanding urban expansion and provides research-based suggestions for...

9. Large Landscape Conservation

   A Strategic Framework for Policy and Action
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2010
   Matthew McKinney, Lynn Scarlett, and Daniel Kemmis

   The most important land and water conservation issues facing North America—including land use patterns, sustainable water management, biodiversity protection, and adaptation to climate change...

10. Planning for Climate Change in the West

    Enfoques en políticas de suelo
    Enero 2010
    Rebecca Carter and Susan Culp

    Planning for Climate Change in the West offers regional planners techniques for addressing climate change concerns while they focus on issues affecting regional growth. A warmer and dryer climate in...