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Land and the City
LibrosEnero 2016Edited by George W. McCarthy, Gregory K. Ingram, and Samuel A. MoodyThis book from the Lincoln Institute's 2014 Land Policy Conference examines issues of land use policies and their impact on sustainable urbanization. By 1960, one-third of the world’s...
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Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries
LibrosAbril 2013Edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, and Deborah L. WetzelThis work uses case studies of urban financing mechanisms in China, India, and Brazil to help decision makers in developing countries address the challenges of rapid metropolitan growth. The report...
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China’s Local Public Finance in Transition
LibrosNoviembre 2010Edited by Joyce Yanyun Man and Yu-Hung HongChina's economy has developed rapidly since the economic reforms in 1978, but public finance reforms have proceeded more slowly. This book looks at three major policy options addressing the...
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Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on the Property Tax
LibrosEnero 2010Edited by Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Joan YoungmanThis book reviews the role of the property tax, addresses the reasons behind its poor performance in practice, and critiques the conventional wisdom in academic literature on the subject. It also...
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Analyzing Land Readjustment
Economics, Law and Collective ActionLibrosAbril 2007Edited by Yu-Hung Hong and Barrie NeedhamGreat effort has been devoted to the precise delineation and assignment of the legal and physical boundaries of private property. Yet, issues of unifying or assembling private property rights for...
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An International Survey of Taxes on Land and Buildings
LibrosEnero 1994Joan M. Youngman and Jane H. MalmeThis study summarizes and compares property taxation and administration in 14 nations, including several countries that have undergone recent reforms. It summarizes and compares the elements of the...
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An Evaluation of China’s Land Policy and Urban Housing Markets
PonenciasNoviembre 2015In this paper, Joyce Y. Man examines the evolution of Chinese housing policies and the growth of the Chinese housing market since the reforms of 1998, when the Chinese government ended its...
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Metropolitan Public Finances
The Case of MumbaiPonenciasAbril 2013Abhay PetheIn an attempt to understand public finance in metropolitan regions, this paper by Abhay Pethe presents an analysis of the issues faced by one of the most important urban agglomerations in India: the...
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Town Planning Schemes as a Hybrid Land Readjustment Process in Ahmedabad, India
A Better Way to Grow?PonenciasMayo 2012Bishwapriya Sanyal and Chandan DeuskarIn India, local governments have increasingly relied on town planning schemes (TPS) to influence urban growth and to finance affordable housing and basic infrastructure. TPS is a hybrid land...
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Transit Value Capture
New Town Co-Development Models and Land Market Updates in Tokyo and Hong KongPonenciasMayo 2012Jin MurakamiTransit value capture is another common project-based approach for capturing land value increases generated by public investment. Jin Murakami examines this technique, which is used by major railway...
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