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1. The Fiscal Impact of Municipal Administrative Center Relocation

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Maio 2023
   Min Su, Can Chen, and Cathy Yang Liu

   The relocation of administrative centers is an important policy instrument in China, empowering cities to promote urban economic growth, strengthen public finance, and improve public service...

2. Grandes proyectos urbanos

   Conceptos y lecciones de política en América Latina
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Dezembro 2023
   Eduardo Reese, Camila Maleronka, and María Cristina Rojas

   El presente reporte aborda el tema de grandes proyectos urbanos (GPU) desde una perspectiva latinoamericana y recoge las experiencias en la región. Desde allí asume una definició...

3. Willingness to Pay for Climate Adaptation

   International Case Studies on Private Developers’ Preparedness to Contribute to Urban Climate Adaptation
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Agosto 2023
   Erwin van der Krabben, Alexander Lord, James H. Spencer, and Stephen Buckman

   There is increasing global awareness that, despite efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adaptation to climate change is necessary. Additional stresses related to climate change, including...

4. Land Policies, Urban Law, and Climate Change

   Urban Taxation Measures to Address Climate Change Stage 2: Case Analysis
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Agosto 2023
   Melinda Maldonado, Safira de la Sala, Rachelle Alterman, Giovanni Andrés Pérez Macías, and Roberto Arazo Silva

   This document serves as a presentation of the second stage of research on Land Policies, Urban Planning Law, and Climate Change. In the first stage, we described a series of urban and taxation...

5. China Program International Fellowship 2024-25

   Oportunidades de Bolsas
   Agosto 2023

   A call for proposals for academic and policy research papers addressing land, urban, fiscal and environmental issues relating to urbanization in China.

6. The Case for Climate-Informed Zoning

   A Study of Fiscal Impact in Norfolk, VA
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2023
   Katherine Burgess, Michael Rodriguez, Jordan Howard, Jared Klukas, and Megan Wright

   As the impacts of climate change continue to intensify, zoning presents a key tool to direct development to protect communities from climate events. Norfolk, Virginia, a city at severe risk from sea...

7. Developing a Quantitative Spatial Economic Model to Evaluate Urban Water Conservation Policies in Denver

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Abril 2023
   Juan Carlos G. Lopez

   This paper develops a quantitative spatial model for the city of Denver to consider policy proposals to reduce urban water demand using data on land use and water demand by households and business...

8. China's Policy to Limit Use of Public-Private Partnerships by Municipalities to Finance Capital Improvements

   A Regression Discontinuity Design Analysis of the Fiscal Impact
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Junho 2023
   Robert Bland, Jingran Sun, and Yu Shi

   China’s rapid urbanization in the past four decades combined with the national government’s ambitious goals for economic growth have pressured public officials in prefectural cities to...

9. Effects of Flood Hazard on Property Prices in Cape Town, South Africa

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Julho 2023
   Claus Rabe and David Karpul

   In many cities in the Developing South, a growing number of households live in areas prone to flooding. Past research indicates that flood risk has a discount effect on property prices, an important...

10. Green Infrastructure, Home Values, Land Value Capture, and Equitable Property Assessment

    Documentos de Trabalho
    Julho 2023
    Jeffrey P. Cohen, Michael Dietz, and Yuchen Huang

    Climate change has necessitated innovative approaches to financing storm water mitigation in coastal communities throughout the world. We study how adding bioswales near residential properties in New...