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1. Reinventing Development Regulations

   Books
   October 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...

2. Property Tax in Africa

   Status, Challenges, and Prospects
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   June 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...

3. Land and the City

   Books
   January 2016
   Edited by George W. McCarthy, Gregory K. Ingram, and Samuel A. Moody

   This book from the Lincoln Institute's 2014 Land Policy Conference examines issues of land use policies and their impact on sustainable urbanization. By 1960, one-third of the world’s...

4. Zoning Rules!

   The Economics of Land Use Regulation
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   July 2015
   William A. Fischel

   “Everyone who cares about American cities and metropolitan areas—and the laws that shape their development—should read this excellent book. The fact that Fischel conveys his...

5. Planeta de ciudades

   Books
   June 2015
   Shlomo Angel

   This book develops a science of global cities to prepare for the coming expansion of the planet's population and questions the main tenets of the Containment Paradigm. It provides planners and...

6. Use-Value Assessment of Rural Land in the United States

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   June 2014
   John E. Anderson and Richard W. England

   This work explains and analyzes critical questions raised by the use-value assessment (UVA) policy for farmland preservation. It covers the origins, key features, impacts, and flaws of UVA programs...

7. Education, Land, and Location

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   May 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...

8. Instrumentos notables de políticas de suelo en América Latina

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   April 2014
   Edited by Martim O. Smolka and Fernanda Furtado

   Based on work presented at the May 2013 Latin American Forum on Noteworthy Instruments of Urban Intervention, this book (which includes work written in Spanish and Portuguese) presents 21 case...

9. Definición de políticas de suelo urbano en América Latina

   Teoría y práctica
   Books
   December 2013
   Edited by Diego Alfonso Erba

   Definición de políticas de suelo urbano en América Latina: Teoría y práctica (Defining Urban Land Policies in Latin America: Theory and Practice) presents concepts...

10. Made for Walking

    Density and Neighborhood Form
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    December 2012
    Julie Campoli

    “An abundance of books champion the cause of compact form. But one is hard-pressed to ferret out a better effort at distilling its essentials than Made for Walking.” — Martin...