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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. 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-...

3. 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...

4. Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries

   Libros
   Abril 2013
   Edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, and Deborah L. Wetzel

   This 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...

5. Land Lines, July 2005

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2005
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at strategies to stabilize property taxes in volatile U.S. real estate markets; the fundamentals and policy implications of North America’s “megapolitan” (large...

6. Land Lines, July 2003

   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2003
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores land management and regional planning tactics in rapidly growing Western U.S. cities; the evolution and potential value of property tax exemptions; the use of value capture...

7. Land Lines, March 2001

   Revista Land Lines
   Marzo 2001
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue provides an overview of various property taxation methods utilized by European countries; an analysis of Latin America’s urban sprawl patterns and land regulation challenges; and a...

8. Land Lines, November 1999

   Revista Land Lines
   Noviembre 1999
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores human rights and eviction issues experienced by Colombia’s impoverished urban populations, the implementation of property taxes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a reassessment...

9. Land Lines, March 1999

   Revista Land Lines
   Marzo 1999
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue looks at the introduction of value-based property taxation in Poland; the demographic, geographic, and economic influences of land use and growth patterns in Bogota, Colombia; and the...

10. The Property Tax and the Fortunes of Older Industrial Cities

    Revista Land Lines
    Enero 2008
    Barry Bluestone and Chase M. Billingham

    Disparities in property tax revenue due to growing gaps in assessed property values between wealthy, fast-growing communities and older industrial cities can lead to uneven development, where the...