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1. Design with Nature Now

   Livros
   Outubro 2019
   Edited by Frederick Steiner, Richard Weller, Karen M’Closkey, and Billy Fleming

   “I highly encourage students, faculty, and practitioners to read this book and distill for themselves the overarching lessons. Design With Nature Now is timely because it reintroduces us to an...

2. Planificación de escenarios

   Aceptar la incertidumbre para tomar mejores decisiones
   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Junho 2019
   Robert Goodspeed

   Mediante el proyecto Lugares Sustentables de Austin, los funcionarios electos, dueños de propiedades, residents locales y otros interesados de Dripping Springs, Texas, usan adhesivos de...

3. Scenario Planning

   Embracing Uncertainty to Make Better Decisions
   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Março 2019
   Robert Goodspeed

   Faced with an unprecedented array of uncertainties, American cities and regions increasingly turn to scenario planning, a procedural tool that enables planners to analyze multiple versions of the...

4. Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development

   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Fevereiro 2019
   David Merriman

   Tax increment financing (TIF) is a popular economic development tool across the United States, but it often falls short of its promise to revitalize struggling neighborhoods. In this four-page Policy...

5. The Future of America’s Middle Neighborhoods

   Setting the Stage for Revival
   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Novembro 2018
   Alan Mallach

   Often overlooked, middle neighborhoods matter—both to the people who live in them and to their cities and regions—and solutions demand engagement not only from the neighborhood itself but also from the city, region, and state.

6. Reinventing Development Regulations

   Livros
   Outubro 2017
   Jonathan Barnett and Brian W. Blaesser

   “Many writers have identified the deficiencies in traditional zoning and regulatory frameworks in the United States, but Jonathan Barnett and Brian Blasser offer solutions that tweak and bend...

7. The Future of U.S. Public School Revenue from the Property Tax

   Notas de Políticas Públicas
   Setembro 2017
   Andrew Reschovsky, Research Fellow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison

   This Policy Brief examines the property tax as a critical source of revenue for public schools in the United States. It demonstrates the high proportion of public education funding provided by the...

8. After Great Disasters

   An In-Depth Analysis of How Six Countries Managed Community Recovery
   Livros
   Junho 2017
   Laurie A. Johnson and Robert B. Olshansky

   “The book is an important contribution to the practice of recovery and reconstruction. The lessons emerging from these case studies bring clarity to the complex recovery processes and provide...

9. Property Tax in Africa

   Status, Challenges, and Prospects
   Livros
   Junho 2017
   Edited by Riël Franzsen and William McCluskey

   “This one-of-a-kind study is an indispensable source for academics and policy makers who seek to explore the virtues of the property tax. The relevance of this volume clearly transcends the...

10. Nonprofit PILOTs (Payments in Lieu of Taxes)

    Notas de Políticas Públicas
    Novembro 2016
    Daphne A. Kenyon and Adam H. Langley

    This policy brief covers key issues surrounding the use of nonprofit payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs): payments made voluntarily by tax-exempt nonprofits as a substitute for property taxes. It...