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1. From Walden to Wall Street

   Frontiers of Conservation Finance
   Books
   October 2005
   Edited by James N. Levitt

   In the absence of innovation in the field of conservation finance, a daunting funding gap faces conservationists aiming to protect America’s system of landscapes that provide sustainable...

2. Emerging Land and Housing Markets in China

   Books
   March 2005
   Edited by Chengri Ding and Yan Song

   Land and housing policies are of fundamental importance to sustainable economic growth and the well-being of the rapidly growing Chinese population. Therefore, research on land and housing policy...

3. Connections Between Economic Development and Land Taxation

   Land Lines Magazine
   October 2005
   Jeffrey Chapman and Rex L. Facer II

   Recent court decisions have made economic development and tax policy front-page news. The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. City of New London raised a public outcry when it allowed local...

4. Faculty Profile

   C. Lowell Harriss
   Land Lines Magazine
   October 2005

   C. Lowell Harriss is Professor Emeritus at Columbia University, where he taught economics from 1938 until his retirement in 1981. He then served as executive director of the Academy of Political...

5. Land Lines, October 2005

   Land Lines Magazine
   October 2005
   Edited by Ann LeRoyer

   This issue explores the relationships between economic development, infrastructure, and land taxation in the U.S.; informal settlements, and overall land and housing challenges, in Brazil’s Rio...

6. America's Megapolitan Areas

   Land Lines Magazine
   July 2005
   Robert E. Lang and Dawn Dhavale

   Megapolitan areas are integrated networks of metro- and micropolitan areas. The name “megapolitan” plays off Jean Gottmann’s 1961 “megalopolis” label by using the same prefix. We find that the United...

7. Stabilizing Property Taxes in Volatile Real Estate Markets

   Land Lines Magazine
   July 2005
   Joan Youngman and Jane Malme

   Property taxes based on market value have many features that recommend them as a source of local government revenue. They promote visibility and accountability in public spending by providing...

8. Faculty Profile

   Jack R. Huddleston
   Land Lines Magazine
   July 2005

   Jack Huddleston is professor of urban and regional planning and is affiliated with the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his Ph.D...

9. From the Editor

   Land Lines Magazine
   April 2005
   Ann LeRoyer

   Gregory K. Ingram, Director-General, Operations Evaluation at the World Bank Group in Washington, DC, has been appointed by the Lincoln Institute Board of Directors to succeed Jim Brown as president...

10. American Spatial Development and the New Megalopolis

    Land Lines Magazine
    April 2005
    Armando Carbonell and Robert D. Yaro

    This article is adapted from a policy roundtable report on national spatial development strategies prepared under the auspices of the Lincoln Institute, Regional Plan Association and the University...