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1. The Humane Metropolis

   People and Nature in the 21st-Century City
   Livros
   Outubro 2006
   Edited by Rutherford H. Platt

   Four-fifths of Americans now live in the nation’s sprawling metropolitan areas, and half of the world’s population is now classified as “urban.” As cities become the dominant...

2. Making the Property Tax Work

   Experiences in Developing and Transitional Countries
   Livros
   Março 2008
   Edited by Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Joan Youngman

   This book analyzes the property tax in developing and transitional countries, addressing why it does not work well there and what can be done to make it a more relevant source of revenue for those...

3. Fiscal Decentralization and Land Policies

   Livros
   Maio 2008
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong

   The study of fiscal decentralization has important policy implications for urban growth management, environmental conservation, and property taxation. First, fiscal decentralization gives local...

4. European Spatial Research and Planning

   Livros
   Junho 2008
   Edited by Andreas Faludi

   With the publication of European Spatial Research and Planning, the Lincoln Institute adds a third volume to its series of investigations of spatial planning, research, and policy in Europe, all of...

5. Education, Land, and Location

   Livros
   Maio 2014
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Daphne A. Kenyon

   Because most children throughout the world attend elementary and secondary schools near their homes, where they live usually determines where they go to school. In the United States, the relationship...

6. Infrastructure and Land Policies

   Livros
   Maio 2013
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Karin L. Brandt

   More than 50 percent of the global population resides in urban areas where land policy and infrastructure interactions facilitate economic opportunities, affect the quality of life, and influence...