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1. Gestión de Conflictos Urbanos y Desarrollo Sostenible

   Online Learning
   October 4, 2021
   Coordinadora: Annette Tejada

   El curso es una primera aproximación a la gestión urbana para el desarrollo sostenible desde la perspectiva de la planificación como mecanismo de diagnóstico, predicción y resolución de conflictos.

2. Climate Change Adaptation and Property Values

   A Survey of the Literature
   Working Papers
   August 2021
   Katherine A. Kiel

   This paper surveys the current literature of the impact of climate change adaptation on residential property values. Several categories of adaptation are considered including ecosystem management,...

3. Research on the Intersection of Land-based Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation with Property Values and Municipal Finance

   Request for Proposals
   Requests for Proposals
   August 2021

4. The Eight Deaths of Portland’s Residential Infill Project

   Working Papers
   July 2021
   Michael Andersen

   In 2020, Portland became the largest modern U.S. city to end so-called “single-family zoning,” legalizing up to four market-rate homes on almost any residential lot, or up to six homes on...

5. Eight Ingredients for a State-Level Zoning Reform

   Lessons from Oregon’s House Bill 2001
   Working Papers
   July 2021
   Michael Andersen

   In 2019, Oregon passed a first-of-its-kind state law that ordered larger cities and the Portland metro area to rapidly legalize duplexes on all residential lots and fourplexes, triplexes, townhomes,...

6. The Statute of the Metropolis and Planning Reform in Brazil

   Analyzing Land Use Planning Practices and Metropolitan Land Conflicts
   Working Papers
   July 2021
   Abigail Friendly and Felipe Francisco De Souza

   In 2015, Brazil enacted the Statute of the Metropolis (Federal Law No. 13,089) to regulate the establishment of metropolitan areas and regional public policies throughout the country. This research...

7. Redensificar para reconstruir

   El caso de los derechos adicionales de edificabilidad para la reconstrucción de la Ciudad de México
   Working Papers
   July 2021
   Julio César Fuentes Quezada and Claudia Acosta

   El 19 de septiembre de 2017 ocurrió uno de los sismos más destructivos en la historia de México. Por la pérdida de vidas humanas, la infraestructura pública...

8. Mercados Informales de Suelo y Regularización de Asentamientos en América Latina

   Online Learning
   November 25, 2021
   Profesores: Claudio Acioly Jr., Martim Smolka, Cynthia Goytia, Pedro Abramo, Marcela Román Forastelli

   Explora la relación entre los asentamientos informales y el funcionamiento de los mercados de suelo, así como el impacto del marco regulatorio en la accesibilidad al suelo urbanizado y a la vivienda de interés social.

9. Research, Public Sector Policy Change, Advocacy, Philanthropy and the Private Sector Collide to Create an Affordable Housing and Economic Development Opportunity in Colorado

   The Case of indieDwell
   Working Papers
   June 2021
   Phyllis Resnick and Jennifer Newcomer

   On July 6, 2020, modular builder indieDwell opened a factory in Pueblo, Colorado with a capacity of 160,000 square feet of housing and plans for expansion. indieDwell’s journey to Colorado was...

10. Community Land Trusts and Informal Settlements

    Assessing the Feasibility of CLT Instruments Developed by the Caño Martin Peña Communities in Puerto Rico for Favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Working Papers
    May 2021
    Line Algoed, Alejandro Cotté Morales, Tarcyla Fidalgo Ribeiro, María E. Hernández Torrales, Lyvia Rodríguez Del Valle, and Theresa Williamson

    This report presents an analysis conducted to assess the feasibility of community land trusts (CLT) developed by the Caño Martin Peña communities in Puerto Rico as instruments to...