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1. Made for Walking

   Density and Neighborhood Form
   Books
   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...

2. Planet of Cities

   Books
   September 2012
   Shlomo Angel

   “Students and others looking for a place to start often ask, ‘If I could read just one book about xxxx, which would you suggest?’ When it comes to cities, I have a new favorite. It...

3. Atlas of Urban Expansion

   Books
   June 2012
   Shlomo Angel, Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. Blei

   Note: This volume is currently out of stock and an updated edition is now available in two volumes — Atlas of Urban Expansion—2016 Edition, Volume 1: Areas and Densities and Atlas of...

4. Value Capture and Land Policies

   Books
   May 2012
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong

   Attention to value capture as a source of public revenue has been increasing in the United States and internationally as some governments experience declines in revenue from traditional sources and...

5. Resilient Coastal City Regions

   Planning for Climate Change in the United States and Australia
   Books
   March 2012
   Edited by Edward J. Blakely and Armando Carbonell

   “Mounting evidence reveals ever-faster, more extreme outcomes in spheres climatic, economic, and so on; earth’s revenge may be sooner than we expect. We must do more than adapt and...

6. A Tale of Two Taxes

   Property Tax Reform in Ontario
   Books
   February 2012
   Richard M. Bird, Enid Slack, and Almos Tassonyi

   “A Tale of Two Taxes reveals everything you need to know about Ontario's property tax in a comprehensive, meticulously researched, and lively volume. After reading it, you may not end up...

7. Public Registries and Impersonal Exchange

   Videos and Multimedia
   December 2012
   Benito Arruñada

   Benito Arruñada, professor of business organization at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, explores how public registries can encourage economic growth and be efficiently organized, to...

8. Tax Flights

   Working Papers
   December 2012
   Koleman Strumpf

   Tax evasion is difficult to measure, since evaders try to avoid detection and counter-factual behavior is hard to establish. This paper considers evasion in an environment where these two issues can...

9. Coastal States’ Climate Adaptation Initiatives

   Sea Level Rise and Municipal Engagement
   Working Papers
   December 2012
   Todd Schenk and Ona Ferguson

   Sea level rise is expected to become an increasingly prominent challenge for all levels of government as the climate changes. Complicating matters is the multi-jurisdictional nature of coastal zone...

10. Judicial Activism and Urban Conflict in Latin America

    Videos and Multimedia
    November 2012
    Antonio Azuela

    Antonio Azuela, a visiting fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, investigates issues and concerns in judicial rulings that have an impact on land use and urban planning in Latin America.