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1. Strengthening Urban Resilience through Nature

   The potential of ecosystem-based measures for reduction of landslide risk in Rio de Janeiro
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2018
   Wofram Lange, Simone Sandholz, and Udo Nehren

   Ecosystem-based measures have a high potential to replace or build on engineered solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), not only in rural but also in urban...

2. El Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña

   Instrumento Notable de Regularización de Suelo en Asentamientos Informales
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2018
   Line Algoed, María E. Hernández Torrales, y Lyvia N. Rodríguez Del Valle

   El Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña se creó en 2004 en asentamientos informales aledaños a un canal estuario contaminado, en una localización...

3. Land Lines, July 2010

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2010
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue provides various reflections on the U.S. foreclosure crisis of the mid-2000s; an analysis of housing reform and homeowner security in Buenos Aires, Argentina; and an overview of the...

4. Land Lines, April 2009

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2009
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue highlights the myriad challenges of redeveloping vacant and contaminated land in U.S. cities; the features, prevalence, and outcomes of city-imposed tax and expenditure limits; and an...

5. Land Lines, July 2008

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2008
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at place-making strategies to combat poverty, unemployment, and other issues plaguing U.S. cities; the dynamics and effects of urban sprawl and possible remedies to overgrown...

6. Land Lines, July 2006

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2006
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores Maryland’s smart growth programs and a new land use reform initiative that the state is trying out; the costs, benefits, and policy framework of housing demolition and...

7. Land Lines, July 2004

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2004
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores farmland preservation in China; the inadequacies and strengths of land regularization and upgrading programs in Latin America; balancing public values and fiduciary...

8. Land Lines, January 2003

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2003
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue features informal settlements in the context of urban poverty and land market dynamics in Latin America; a debate between planners and economists on U.S. land market policies and...

9. Land Lines, April 2002

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2002
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at obstacles to land reform and well-functioning property markets in Russia; land titling programs and credit access in the context of Peru’s informal land market; and...

10. Land Lines, May 2001

    Revista Land Lines
    Mayo 2001
    Edited by Ann LeRoyer

    This issue explores land laws and illegal settlements in the context of urban development in Latin America; obstacles to the legalization of squatter settlements in Venezuela; natural disaster risk...