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1. Brazil’s Urban Land and Housing Markets

   How Well Are They Working?
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2007
   David E. Dowall

   As does the United States, Brazil faces many housing policy challenges. David E. Dowell points out that Brazilian housing is expensive and lacks local services and secure land tenure—a phenomenon...

2. Land and the City

   Libros
   Enero 2016
   Edited by George W. McCarthy, Gregory K. Ingram, and Samuel A. Moody

   This 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...

3. Zoning Rules!

   The Economics of Land Use Regulation
   Libros
   Julio 2015
   William A. Fischel

   “Fischel . . . does for the housing debate what zoning once did for cities: brings order and coherence to what’s otherwise a mess.” — Ezra Klein, New York Times This best-...

4. Education, Land, and Location

   Libros
   Mayo 2014
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Daphne A. Kenyon

   Because most children throughout the world attend elementary and secondary schools near their homes, where they live usually determines where they go to school. In the United States, the relationship...

5. Instrumentos notables de políticas de suelo en América Latina

   Libros
   Abril 2014
   Edited by Martim O. Smolka and Fernanda Furtado

   Based on work presented at the May 2013 Latin American Forum on Noteworthy Instruments of Urban Intervention, this book (which includes work written in Spanish and Portuguese) presents 21 case...

6. Value Capture and Land Policies

   Libros
   Mayo 2012
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong

   Attention to value capture as a source of public revenue has been increasing in the United States and internationally as some governments experience declines in revenue from traditional sources and...

7. Land Lines, April 2003

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2003
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the unanticipated improvements in property tax administration and uniformity in the U.S.; the relationships between growth, land use, and water supply in the West; the need for...

8. Land Lines, July 2002

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2002
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores the challenges of land and biodiversity conservation efforts in North America; the dynamics and characteristics of downtown areas in U.S. city centers; informal land markets and...

9. Land Lines, November 2000

   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 2000
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores the principal features and critical reform issues of Indiana’s property tax and assessment systems; new visions for regional planning in America; and spatially-based urban...

10. Land Lines, July 1997

    Revista Land Lines
    Julio 1997
    Edited by Ann LeRoyer

    This issue looks at the urban renewal and participatory planning efforts simultaneously taking place in Havana, Cuba; land reform and taxation programs in Estonia following its independence in 1991;...