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The Eight Deaths of Portland’s Residential Infill Project
Working PapersJuly 2021Michael AndersenIn 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...
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Examining State Planning Enabling Laws Regarding Water Planning Requirements
Working PapersJuly 2021Cassie Pettit and Sagar ShahThis report summarizes the methodology, findings, and implications of examining and evaluating the legal requirements for water provisions within comprehensive plans in each of the 50 states. Focus...
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Programmes, Practices, and Preconditions
Learning from Cape Town’s Experience with One-off Contributions from DevelopersWorking PapersJuly 2021Stephen Berrisford, Liza Rose Cirolia, and Elisabeth MakumbiThere is increasing interest in the applicability of land-based financing instruments in subSaharan Africa. African cities are opportune sites to explore the potential of land-based financing....
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Redensificar para reconstruir
El caso de los derechos adicionales de edificabilidad para la reconstrucción de la Ciudad de MéxicoWorking PapersJuly 2021Julio César Fuentes Quezada and Claudia AcostaEl 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...
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Development Tax in France as a Tool for Land Value Capture and Social Equity
Case Studies on Bordeaux and StrasbourgWorking PapersJuly 2021Sonia Guelton, Agnes Pouillaude, and David RosenIn a context of severe pressure on public budgets, aging urban infrastructure, and increasing pressures of urbanization, municipalities, and metropolitan regions on five continents are looking at...
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The Statute of the Metropolis and Planning Reform in Brazil
Analyzing Land Use Planning Practices and Metropolitan Land ConflictsWorking PapersJuly 2021Abigail Friendly and Felipe Francisco De SouzaIn 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...
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Examining the Water and Land Use Connection in Water Utility Planning Requirements
An Inventory of the Laws of all 50 StatesWorking PapersJuly 2021Mary Ann Dickinson, Bill Christiansen, Brad Spilka, and Adam SchemppThis project examined and evaluated the legal requirements for water utility plans in each of the 50 states, with a particular emphasis on how those plans intersect with land use policy and planning...
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Neighborhood Restructuring, the Built Environment, and Quality of Life in Urban China
A Comparative AnalysisWorking PapersJune 2021Qiang Fu, Jiaxin Gu, and Piao HanHas China’s urban transformation improved its urban environment in terms of quality of life? If so, how can we reconcile the influx of Chinese migrants who are seeking a better ‘...
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Economic Effects of Land Conservation Spatial Characteristics for Climate Change Adaptation
Working PapersJune 2021Seung Kyum Kim and Longfeng WuLand conservation has been recognized as a multifunctional adaptive strategy to tackle climate change as it includes the ability to mitigate risk and enhance biodiversity. However, limited empirical...
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The Restructuring of Home and Sense of Home
Examining the socio-spatial outcomes of urban redevelopment in urban China since 2000Working PapersJune 2021Yushu Zhu and Changdong YeAgainst the backdrop of intensified urban redevelopment with massive displacement across urban China in the early 2000s and a recent policy orientation toward micro-renewal without displacement, this...
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