Current Quarterly Issue:
Janeiro 2023Land Lines Magazine
With Martim Smolka’s retirement earlier this year, the Lincoln Institute has a new face in Latin America and the Caribbean, Anacláudia Rossbach, who took over as director for the region in August.
How Scaling Up Could Help Combat Today’s Most Urgent Challenges
Critical threats like climate change and pandemics know no boundaries. The megaregion model offers a governing approach that can strengthen resilience, competitiveness, and equity at the local, regional, and national levels.
Upstream and Downstream Communities Join Forces to Protect Water Supplies
Billions of urban dwellers depend on water for hydration, sanitation, and other basic needs, but global water supplies are at risk. Water funds provide a mechanism for downstream utilities and businesses to invest in upstream watershed conservation projects.
As the housing crisis spreads from coastal cities to middle America, manufactured housing is increasingly drawing attention as an affordable, sustainable option. The national I’m HOME network, now convened by the Lincoln Institute, is taking steps to make the sector even stronger.
Statewide measures to change zoning at the local level have passed or are under consideration in several states, but opposition based on the tradition of local control over land use has been building. This guide offers an overview of recent zoning reform efforts in a dozen states.
