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European Spatial Research and Planning
LibrosJunio 2008Edited by Andreas FaludiWith the publication of European Spatial Research and Planning, the Lincoln Institute adds a third volume to its series of investigations of spatial planning, research, and policy in Europe, all of...
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Planning Support Systems for Cities and Regions
LibrosOctubre 2008Edited by Richard K. BrailThis book invites the reader to join in a virtual dialogue with its authors—educators, theorists, model builders, and planners—about technology and the social context in which technology...
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Fiscal Decentralization and Land Policies
LibrosMayo 2008Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung HongThe study of fiscal decentralization has important policy implications for urban growth management, environmental conservation, and property taxation. First, fiscal decentralization gives local...
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Visioning and Visualization
People, Pixels, and PlansLibrosAbril 2008Michael Kwartler and Gianni LongoTwo remarkable phenomena have affected the practice of planning over the past two decades: the rise of public involvement as an integral component of urban decision making, and the technological...
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Making the Property Tax Work
Experiences in Developing and Transitional CountriesLibrosMarzo 2008Edited by Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Joan YoungmanThis book analyzes the property tax in developing and transitional countries, addressing why it does not work well there and what can be done to make it a more relevant source of revenue for those...
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Opportunities and Risks of Fiscal Decentralization
A Developing Country PerspectivePonenciasMayo 2008Roy BahlDespite the overwhelming support for decentralization programs, there is little agreement among scholars and policy makers, and scant empirical evidence, as to whether the devolution of power to...
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Local Revenues Under Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries
Linking Policy Reform, Governance, and CapacityPonenciasMayo 2008Paul SmokePaul Smoke examines local revenue generation under fiscal decentralization in developing countries. He finds that local capacity for generating own-source funds is rare due to a lack of attention to...
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Local Service Provision in Selected OECD Countries
Do Decentralized Operations Work Better?PonenciasMayo 2008Ehtisham Ahmad, Giorgio Brosio, and Vito TanziThe authors survey the related literature of decentralization experiences in selected OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation...
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Political Structure and Exclusionary Zoning
Are Small Suburbs the Big Problem?PonenciasMayo 2008In this paper, William A. Fischel argues that metropolitan areas with more fragmented and decentralized government structures are more likely to have a lower elasticity of housing supply than those...
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School Finance Reforms and Property Tax Limitation Measures
PonenciasMayo 2008Daniel P. McMillen and Larry D. Singell Jr.One of the most controversial issues related to U.S. fiscal federalism is the financing of local public schools through property taxation. In theory, the system follows the principle of matching...
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