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State Policy and Problem Property Regulation
Documentos de trabajoEnero 2022Alan MallachThis report examines how state laws affect municipalities’ ability to regulate problem properties in order to further the public welfare, safety and health within their borders. It goes beyond...
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Accessory Dwelling Units and Beyond
How Can Cities Overcome Barriers to Increasing Zoning Capacity in Single-Family Neighborhoods?Documentos de trabajoEnero 2022Vinit Mukhija and Shine LingSecondary units on single-family-zoned lots, formally known as Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and more commonly as granny flats, garage apartments, and backyard cottages, help increase housing...
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Tracking Neighborhood Change in Geographies of Opportunity for Post-Disaster Legacy Cities
A Case Study of San Juan, Puerto RicoDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2022Raúl Santiago-Bartolomei, Deepak Lamba-Nieves, and Enrique A. FigueroaWhile legacy cities have had a long struggle with deindustrialization, population loss, fiscal constraints and economic decay, many will likely need to address compounding stressors stemming from...
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LegacySP
A Scenario Planning Toolkit for Shrinking RegionsDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2022Emma Walters and Arnab ChakrabortyScenario planning tools and practices often imply a baseline of growth which hinders the applicability of these tools in regions experiencing declining populations and economic disinvestment. These...
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Scenario Planning for Slow-Growing Regions
A Guidebook and Case StudyDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2022Ian Varley, Robert Goodspeed, and John EgelhaafLegacy cities and regions often have low overall growth rates, making traditional scenario approaches, such as sketching possible future land uses, less relevant. However, they are often undergoing...
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Valuing Density
An Evaluation of the Extent to which American, Australian, and Canadian Cities Account for the Climate Benefits of Density through Environmental ReviewDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2022Katrina Wyman, Danielle Spiegel-Feld, Adalene Minelli, and Sara SavaraniThis study looks at the extent to which major cities in the United States, Australia, and Canada assess the climate impacts of densification through the environmental review process. Research...
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Composite Index of Local Fiscal Stability, Efficiency, Sustainability, and Livability
Central Eastern versus South Eastern European CountriesDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2022Aleksandra Maksimovska , Aleksandar Stojkov, Michal Radvan, and Tereza Rogic LugaricCitizen-centric local governance requires fiscally stable and efficient local governments that contribute to sustainable and livable communities. The central research objective herein is to provide...
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El mercado informal de suelo en Bolivia
Prácticas y estrategias alrededor de la gestión de la tierra en áreas periféricas de CochabambaDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2022Juan E. Cabrera , Claudia Quintanilla , and Limbert CabreraAl interior de los procesos de urbanización latinoamericana y su mercado informal de suelo, uno de los aspectos más relevantes, pero poco o nada estudiado, son las formas de financiaci...
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Recuperación de plusvalías en la mejora integral de barrios informales
Esquemas de financiamiento sosteniblesDocumentos de trabajoEnero 2022Marc Pérez Casas, Alfredo Stein Heinemann, and Marla Membreño FernándezLa provisión y mejora de servicios urbanos en los asentamientos informales de América Latina y el Caribe no ha sido enfrentada con esquemas de financiamiento sostenible. Los escasos...
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The Challenge of Unspent Federal Grants
Documentos de trabajoEnero 2022Jenna DeAngelo, Betsy Gardner, and George W. McCarthyThere is a fervent need for federal grant money to be spent appropriately and for its intended purpose. However, constrained local capacity coupled with longstanding, inflexible, federal legislation...
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