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Land Policy and Boom-Bust Real Estate Markets
Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasSetembro 1994Edited by Jonathan D. CheneyU.S. land and real estate markets went on a roller coaster ride in the 1980s and early 1990s. The combination of economic growth, demographic change, and federal tax and banking policies that...
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Alternatives to Sprawl
Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasDezembro 1995Dwight YoungSprawl is not a recent phenomenon. There is general agreement that it began in the construction boom of the post-World War II years and really came into its own with the initiation of the Interstate...
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Regenerating America’s Legacy Cities
Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasMaio 2013Alan Mallach and Lavea BrachmanThis report explores the challenges of regenerating America's legacy cities and suggests ways to overcome obstacles such as job and population loss. Community and economic developers will learn...
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Exploring Ad Hoc Regionalism
Informes sobre Políticas FundiáriasDezembro 2002Douglas R. Porter and Allan D. WallisA growing number of urban challenges—from threats of environmental degradation and sprawl, to social and fiscal disparity, to economic transformation and globalization—call for action at...
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Large Landscape Conservation
A Strategic Framework for Policy and ActionInformes sobre Políticas FundiáriasMaio 2010Matthew McKinney, Lynn Scarlett, and Daniel KemmisThe most important land and water conservation issues facing North America—including land use patterns, sustainable water management, biodiversity protection, and adaptation to climate change...
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High-Speed Rail
International Lessons for U.S. Policy MakersInformes sobre Políticas FundiáriasSetembro 2011Petra Todorovich, Daniel Schned, and Robert LaneHigh-speed rail has been adopted throughout the world, and is now being planned and developed in the United States. Over the past 50 years, U.S. transportation spending has favored the development of...