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1. A Good Tax

   Legal and Policy Issues for the Property Tax in the United States
   Libros
   Marzo 2016
   Joan Youngman

   “This book makes clear, cogent arguments in support of the property tax, emphasizing transparency and the need for autonomous funding for local government, while dispelling myths about...

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

   “Everyone who cares about American cities and metropolitan areas—and the laws that shape their development—should read this excellent book. The fact that Fischel conveys his...

4. Planeta de ciudades

   Libros
   Junio 2015
   Shlomo Angel

   This book develops a science of global cities to prepare for the coming expansion of the planet's population and questions the main tenets of the Containment Paradigm. It provides planners and...

5. Planning for States and Nation-States in the U.S. and Europe

   Libros
   Abril 2015
   Edited by Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Zorica Nedović-Budić, and Armando Carbonell

   “This timely transatlantic dialogue between planning researchers and policy makers provides a wealth of information and insights into the planning frameworks and institutions in changing...

6. Políticas de suelo urbano

   Perspectivas internacionales para América Latina
   Libros
   Abril 2015
   Edited by Martim O. Smolka and Laura Mullahy

   This Spanish-language volume presents a range of original insights on critical themes in urban land policy and provides lessons learned from research conducted outside Latin America. The articles,...

7. Conservation Catalysts

   The Academy as Nature’s Agent
   Libros
   Noviembre 2014
   Edited by James N. Levitt with a foreword by Stephen Woodley

   “We can gain encouragement from the coalition of groups that have rallied together to promote conservation and embrace connectivity: universities, environmental groups, land trusts, churches,...

8. Use-Value Assessment of Rural Land in the United States

   Libros
   Junio 2014
   John E. Anderson and Richard W. England

   This work explains and analyzes critical questions raised by the use-value assessment (UVA) policy for farmland preservation. It covers the origins, key features, impacts, and flaws of UVA programs...

9. 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...

10. 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...