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1. From the President

   Reinventing Conservation Easements
   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2006
   Gregory K. Ingram

   In recent decades conservation easements—promises to restrict land development—have become enormously popular, but now they are in trouble. News reports have created concern that some easements are...

2. Learning to Think and Act Like a Region

   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2006
   Matthew McKinney and Kevin Essington

   The Pawcatuck Borderlands illustrates what is fast becoming one of the major puzzles in land use policy—how to plan across boundaries.

3. Perfil Docente

   Diego Alfonso Erba
   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2006

   Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 7 del CD-ROM Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. Diego Alfonso Erba es...

4. Faculty Profile

   Diego Alfonso Erba
   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2006

   Diego Alfonso Erba is a visiting fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, on leave from his position as professor in the Graduate Program of Geology at Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos–...

5. Land Use Efficiency, Food Security, and Farmland Preservation in China

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2006
   Erik Lichtenberg and Chengri Ding

   China is land poor. Only about one-third of its total land area can be utilized productively for agriculture. Several measures have been introduced with the aim of protecting farmland, especially...

6. Who Pays the Property Tax?

   Revista Land Lines
   Abril 2006
   George Zodrow

   A critical aspect of the property tax, but one that is rarely addressed in public debate, is its “economic incidence,” or who actually bears the burden of the tax, as opposed to its...

7. Tax Increment Financing

   A Tool for Local Economic Development
   Revista Land Lines
   Enero 2006
   Richard Dye and David Merriman

   Tax increment financing (TIF) is an alluring tool that allows municipalities to promote economic development by earmarking property tax revenue from increases in assessed values within a designated...

8. Making Sense of Place, Cleveland

   Confronting Decline in an American City
   Videos y multimedia
   Septiembre 2006

   Many American cities have experienced a persistent crisis of urban decline and the erosion of inner suburbs. Why does this happen? What are the consequences for residents? Can the decline be halted...