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A conversation all about density, on the occasion of the return of an online resource, Visualizing Density, at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy website. Density is in the spotlight as cities and towns seek to build more multifamily housing to help address a stubborn affordability crisis.
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City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Economic Development, Environment, Housing, Land Conflict Resolution, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government, Urbanization
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, in an interview for the Mayor’s Desk series, details work on housing affordability, homelessness, and other growing pains amid the city’s increasing popularity. Solutions include reducing building costs, incentivizing new construction, and taking better advantage of the metro region’s extensive light rail network for transit-oriented development.
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City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Economic Development, Environment, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance, Urbanization, Value Capture
Demand for walkable urbanism is stronger than ever, according to Mallory Baches, president of the Congress for the New Urbanism, an organization that has been promoting compact, mixed-use, transit-oriented development for more than three decades.
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City and Regional Planning, Housing, Land Use and Zoning
At the helm in Providence, Rhode Island, after the city has seen 30 years of steady revitalization, Mayor Brett Smiley hopes to keep up the momentum while also addressing affordability and fiscal challenges. The latest municipal leader to be interviewed in the Mayor’s Desk series, he also talks bike lanes, nightlife, and the vagaries of community engagement.
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Economic Development, Housing, Local Government
Rob Walker, author of City Tech: 20 Apps, Ideas, and Innovators Changing the Urban Landscape, reflects on how artificial intelligence could change urban planning, along with other advances in technology that are poised to improve quality of life in cities.
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City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Local Government, Technology and Tools
John Emmeus Davis and Kristin King-Ries, authors of a recently released Lincoln Institute Policy Focus Report about municipal partnerships with community land trusts, join Anthony Flint for a discussion about the promise of this approach to preserving affordable homeownership.
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Housing, Local Government
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones talks about regeneration strategies for the Gateway to the West, a postindustrial legacy city trying to bounce back from manufacturing and population loss. The interview is the latest in the Lincoln Institute’s Mayor’s Desk series, highlighting municipal chief executives from around the world.
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City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Local Government, Poverty and Inequality
Technological advances in satellite imagery and data management have boosted the field of geospatial mapping, making it possible to show all kinds of land uses across parcels, blocks, neighborhoods, and even countries. Jeff Allenby at the Center for Geospatial Solutions explains how the tools are helping local decision-makers understand property ownership patterns and the potential for much-needed new housing.
Housing, Land Markets, Local Government, Technology and Tools
As the US marks Juneteenth, self-described “death and dirt” attorney Mavis Gragg recounts efforts to secure title and reclaim legal ownership of Black-owned land, in the burgeoning field of heirs property.
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Land and Property Rights, Poverty and Inequality
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