Our multimedia library includes episodes of our Land Matters podcast, recordings of our events, brief explainer videos, and documentary films related to our work.

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Land Matters explores how better land use can help solve many of our biggest urban challenges, from climate change to infrastructure finance to affordable housing.

 

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NEW! Staying Calm and Planning On
Land Matters Podcast, Season 4, Episode 4

The job of the urban planner is getting tougher these days, as cities confront climate change and a shortage of affordable housing, amid increasingly divided constituencies. Veteran journalist Josh Stephens shares insights from his interviews for the book Planners Across America. For links and resources related to this episode, please visit our show notes

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Leading by Example
Land Matters Podcast, Season 4, Episode 3

The former President and First Lady of Costa Rica, taking a year in the United States after being in power from 2018 to 2022, reflect on their home country’s record of leading by example on climate, from rainforest conservation to electric buses. Read our show notes for links and resources discussed in this episode.

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Housing and Hope in Cincinnati
Land Matters Podcast, Season 4, Episode 2

As a relatively affordable city protected from some of the worst effects of climate change, Cincinnati is poised for growth. In this episode of the Land Matters podcast, Mayor Aftab Pureval reflects on the challenges he is confronting—including fending off predatory real estate investors—and discusses how the city can grow thoughtfully and equitably. Read our show notes for links and resources discussed in this episode.

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Orchestrating Impact
Land Matters Podcast, Season 4, Episode 1

Three scholars retiring from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy—Armando Carbonell, who led programs in urban planning and land conservation; Daphne Kenyon, an economist studying the property tax and municipal finance; and Martim Smolka, director of the Latin America program—share thoughts on what it takes for a nonprofit organization to have real-world impact. Read our show notes for links and resources discussed in this episode.

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Confronting Extreme Heat in Africa
Land Matters Podcast, Season 3, Episode 8

The mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Yvonne Aki-Sawyer, explains her appointment of Africa’s first chief heat officer, fighting climate change with land use planning and planting a million trees, and an overhaul of the property tax system to ensure fiscal sustainability. Read our show notes for links and resources discussed in this episode.

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The Quest for Zoning Zen: How Land Use Rules are Poised for Reform
Land Matters Podcast, Season 3, Episode 7

Zoning may not be something most people think about every day. But behind the scenes, local land use rules have been blocking affordable housing, hindering climate action, and exacerbating racial segregation, according to author M. Nolan Gray and Cornell University professor Sara Bronin. Read our show notes for links and resources discussed in this episode.

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Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín: We Need to Build New Housing 
Land Matters Podcast, Season 3, Episode 6 

Berkeley, California, is a classic case of a built-up city facing tensions over future development. In this candid interview, Mayor Jesse Arreguín talks about the need to make the city more affordable by clearing the way for new housing and discouraging speculation among owners sitting on vacant lots and properties. Read our show notes for links and resources discussed in this episode.

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Videos

For a complete library of event and explainer videos, visit the Lincoln Institute's YouTube channel.

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Land Value Capture, Explained

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What is "land value capture"? How does it work? And why have so many communities across the world applied this financial approach? This video explains land value capture and provides examples from within the "toolbox" of instruments available to governments.

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Financing A City's Vision (Case Study)

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This four-part documentary series explores a large-scale infrastructure project called the Água Espraiada Urban Operation in São Paulo, Brazil. Urban operations allow Brazilian cities to recapture the land value generated by land use changes and public investment. 

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Cultivating Change

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The Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy is focused on improving water resiliency and regional sustainability with agricultural stakeholders. This video shows how two agricultural regions are working to improve water resiliency and regional sustainability.

Property Tax 101: Why the Property Tax

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Why is the property tax the bulwark of local government finance? What is the role of state aid in a healthy property tax system? This video explores these questions and more through the experiences of two Massachusetts municipalities with very different socioeconomic makeups: Arlington and Lawrence.

Property Tax 101: The Mechanics

Property Tax 101: The Mechanics

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This explainer video walks through the mechanics of how the property tax works and why it is so stable and effective.

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Urban Land Policy Explainer Series (Spanish)

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In this series, experts from Latin America discuss fundamental concepts and case-based analysis of urban land policy topics such as value capture, transit, informal land markets and urban development.

 

 

 

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