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1. A Reformer’s Guidebook to Zoning’s Knots

   Approval Processes for Multi-Family Housing in Greater Boston
   Documentos de trabajo
   Octubre 2021
   Amy Dain

   Local permitting of residential construction in Boston’s suburbs has evolved, along a centurylong trend line, to be more flexible, political, complex, unpredictable, and ad hoc. The route to...

2. Climate Change Adaptation and Property Values

   A Survey of the Literature
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2021
   Katherine A. Kiel

   This paper surveys the current literature of the impact of climate change adaptation on residential property values. Several categories of adaptation are considered including ecosystem management,...

3. Eight Ingredients for a State-Level Zoning Reform

   Lessons from Oregon’s House Bill 2001
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2021
   Michael Andersen

   In 2019, Oregon passed a first-of-its-kind state law that ordered larger cities and the Portland metro area to rapidly legalize duplexes on all residential lots and fourplexes, triplexes, townhomes,...

4. The Eight Deaths of Portland’s Residential Infill Project

   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2021
   Michael Andersen

   In 2020, Portland became the largest modern U.S. city to end so-called “single-family zoning,” legalizing up to four market-rate homes on almost any residential lot, or up to six homes on...

5. Social Equity Policies and Spatial Development

   The Case of Lisbon’s Subway Expansion Projects (1998-2018)
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2021
   João Rafael Santos, David Vale, and Fernando Nunes da Silva

   Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, is a city and distinct municipality with 545,000 inhabitants at the center of a metropolitan area, home to 2,810,000 inhabitants (2011 Census). Its position at the...

6. City of Copenhagen, Denmark

   Reestablishing Affordable Housing Post-Economic Recovery
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2021
   Hans Thor Andersen and Jesper Ole Jensen

   This study examines the development of the city of Copenhagen’s housing market in the late twentieth century and the subsequent boom and crisis after 2007. It covers the period from 1990 to the...

7. Redensificar para reconstruir

   El caso de los derechos adicionales de edificabilidad para la reconstrucción de la Ciudad de México
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2021
   Julio César Fuentes Quezada and Claudia Acosta

   El 19 de septiembre de 2017 ocurrió uno de los sismos más destructivos en la historia de México. Por la pérdida de vidas humanas, la infraestructura pública...

8. The Statute of the Metropolis and Planning Reform in Brazil

   Analyzing Land Use Planning Practices and Metropolitan Land Conflicts
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2021
   Abigail Friendly and Felipe Francisco De Souza

   In 2015, Brazil enacted the Statute of the Metropolis (Federal Law No. 13,089) to regulate the establishment of metropolitan areas and regional public policies throughout the country. This research...

9. Value Capture and the Role of Land in the Equality of Opportunities

   The Case of São Paulo, Brazil
   Documentos de trabajo
   Mayo 2021
   Ciro Biderman

   São Paulo has developed a unique instrument for capturing land value: charging for the right to build. This instrument has been evolving since mid-1970s and is now firmly established in the...

10. Moderately Priced Dwelling Units

    Montgomery County, Maryland’s Model of Inclusionary Housing
    Documentos de trabajo
    Mayo 2021
    Brittany Wong, Gerrit Knaap, and Willow Lung-Amam

    Montgomery County, Maryland, is a relatively wealthy suburb of Washington, DC. Once predominantly racially white, Montgomery County’s nearly one million current residents are racially diverse,...