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1. An Urban Planner’s Guide to Climate Information

   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2022
   Donovan Finn , Ellie Evans , and Kevin A. Reed

   As the risks to communities from climate change becomes more pronounced, urban planners need access to better and more user-friendly forms of climate data for a variety of planning tasks ranging from...

2. Using Green and Blue Infrastructure for Urban Flood Mitigation

   Simulating Scenarios for Climate Change, GBI Technologies, and Land Policy
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2022
   Nilo Nascimento, Renan Pereira Almeida, Priscilla Moura, Talita Silva, Michelle Reboita, Wilson Fernandes, Deyvid Rosa, Pedro A. Patrício, Rafael A. S. Drumond, Kauê Melo, André Silva, and Christie Souza

   Technical approaches inspired by concepts such as green and blue infrastructure (GBI) may offer alternatives for urban adaptation to climate change with significant environmental and socioeconomic...

3. Exploratory Scenario Planning for Climate In-Migration

   A Guide for Cities in the Great Lakes Region
   Documentos de trabajo
   Agosto 2022
   Nicholas B. Rajkovich, Terry Schwarz, Gwyneth A. Harris, and Adara Zullo

   Exploratory Scenario Planning for Climate In-Migration: A Guide for Cities in the Great Lakes Region describes exploratory scenario planning techniques that communities can use to develop...

4. 2019 Survey on the Use of Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) in Government Assessment Offices

   An Analysis of AVM Use, Acceptance, and Barriers to More Widespread Implementation
   Documentos de trabajo
   Julio 2022
   Paul Bidanset and Ronald Rakow

   Accurate and consistent assessments are critical components of an equitable property tax system. Automated valuation models (AVMs) are programmed statistical and mathematical models used to estimate...

5. A Global Perspective on Land Use Regulations and Housing Outcomes

   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2022
   Cynthia Goytia and Eric J. Heikkila

   This paper examines the relationship between land use regulations and housing outcomes, especially housing affordability and informality. Using a unique and important database of 191 metropolitan...

6. Integrated Policy and Planning for Connectivity Conservation

   Lessons from Kenya, Romania, and Vermont, U.S.A.
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2022
   Zachary Wurtzebach 

   Ecological connectivity—the unimpeded movement of species and the flow of natural processes that sustain life on earth—is fundamental for biodiversity conservation in the 21st century. In...

7. Inclusionary Zoning in New York and Paris

   Trojan Horse or Antidote to Gentrification?
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2022
   Lance Freeman and Magda Maaoui
   With research assistance from Xiyu Chen and Yining Lei

   This study addresses the question of whether inclusionary zoning impacts disadvantaged neighborhoods by serving as a signal for an up-and-coming neighborhood, thereby triggering gentrification. We...

8. Moving towards an Inclusive Housing Policy?

   Migrants’ Access to Subsidized Housing in Urban China
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2022
   Youqin Huang and Jianyu Ren

   China is rapidly urbanizing with hundreds of millions of migrants leaving villages for cities. Due to the discriminatory Household Registration (Hukou) System, migrants have been denied urban welfare...

9. Building the Breathable City

   What role should land value capture play in China’s ambitions to prepare for climate change?
   Documentos de trabajo
   Junio 2022
   Alexander Lord, Erwin van der Krabben, and Guanpeng Dong

   What impact does air quality have on land values? This fundamental question is at the heart of our intuitive understanding of how cities in the industrial revolution developed. However, we know...

10. Understanding the Spatial Impact of COVID-19

    New Insights from Beijing after One Year into Post-Lockdown Recovery
    Documentos de trabajo
    Junio 2022
    Ling Li and Li Wan

    This paper studies the spatial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of intra-city population and housing rent changes in Beijing, China. Drawing on multiple geospatial data sets, we find...