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1. Working Across Boundaries

   People, Nature, and Regions
   Livros
   Agosto 2009
   Matthew J. McKinney and Shawn Johnson

   “The principles, strategies, and tools describes in this book are a gold mine of information about how to manage regional collaborations and reach consensus around some of the most difficult...

2. Urban Planning Tools for Climate Change Mitigation

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Agosto 2009
   Patrick M. Condon, Duncan Cavens, and Nicole Miller

   Land use patterns and urban form can strongly impact an urban community’s contribution to global climate change through the production of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Key contributors to a...

3. The Impact of Large Landowners on Land Markets

   Livros
   Agosto 2009
   Edited by Raphael W. Bostic

   The chapters in this volume examine the effect large landowners or institutions have on local land markets and the tensions that can arise between public and private interests. In the United States...

4. Evaluating Smart Growth

   State and Local Policy Outcomes
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Junho 2009
   Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong

   As smart growth programs in some states approach their fourth decade, new climate change concerns have raised the stakes on their success in managing urban development. This is an opportune time to...

5. Town–Gown Collaboration in Land Use and Development

   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Junho 2009
   Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz

   Once considered enclaves of intellectual pursuit, institutions of higher education now play a much broader role in their neighborhoods and cities. The character of communities near expanding...

6. Property Tax Circuit Breakers

   Fair and Cost-Effective Relief for Taxpayers
   Informes sobre Políticas Fundiárias
   Maio 2009
   John H. Bowman, Daphne A. Kenyon, Adam Langley and Bethany P. Paquin

   This report presents the rationale for providing property tax relief to those who have a high relative tax burden, compares the fairness of various criteria used by states for eligibility, and...

7. Land Value Taxation

   Theory, Evidence, and Practice
   Livros
   Maio 2009
   Edited by Richard F. Dye and Richard W. England

   This book, intended for the general reader curious about land and its taxation, brings together 12 leading scholars and practitioners to share their views on the theories and practice of land value...

8. Erosion of the Property Tax Base

   Trends, Causes, and Consequences
   Livros
   Maio 2009
   Edited by Nancy Y. Augustine, Michael E. Bell, David Brunori, and Joan M. Youngman

   Increased reliance on residential property to generate tax revenue and soaring property values in many parts of the country have placed pressure on local officials to respond to concerns about higher...

9. Smart Growth Policies

   An Evaluation of Programs and Outcomes
   Livros
   Maio 2009
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram, Armando Carbonell, Yu-Hung Hong, and Anthony Flint

   Over recent decades as concerns mounted about the economic, social, and environmental impacts of sprawl, many states and localities began to put policies in place to shape settlement patterns. By the...

10. Housing Markets and the Economy

    Risk, Regulation, and Policy
    Livros
    Maio 2009
    Edited by Edward L. Glaeser and John M. Quigley

    Based on a 2007 conference to honor the work of Karl “Chip” Case—an economist renowned for his scientific contributions to the economics of housing and public policy and co-creator...