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1. Regularización de asentamientos informales en América Latina

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Octubre 2011
   Edésio Fernandes

   In large Latin American cities the number of dwellings in informal settlements ranges from one-tenth to one-third of urban residences. These informal settlements are caused by low income, unrealistic...

2. Regularização de Assentamentos Informais na América Latina

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Octubre 2011
   Edésio Fernandes

   In large Latin American cities the number of dwellings in informal settlements ranges from one-tenth to one-third of urban residences. These informal settlements are caused by low income, unrealistic...

3. High-Speed Rail

   International Lessons for U.S. Policy Makers
   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Septiembre 2011
   Petra Todorovich, Daniel Schned, and Robert Lane

   High-speed rail has been adopted throughout the world, and is now being planned and developed in the United States. Over the past 50 years, U.S. transportation spending has favored the development of...

4. Regularization of Informal Settlements in Latin America

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2011
   Edésio Fernandes

   This report provides municipal and community leaders with an overview of the challenge of informal settlements in Latin America, along with recommendations for improving regularization policies. It...

5. Making Room for a Planet of Cities

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Enero 2011
   Shlomo Angel, with Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. Blei

   This report—the precursor to Planet of Cities—provides policy makers and planners with a conceptual framework for understanding urban expansion and provides research-based suggestions for...

6. Preparing for Rising Water Along U.S. Coastlines

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2011
   Bruce Babbitt

   In this paper, Bruce Babbitt argues that the most extensive land use impacts in the United States caused by climate change will occur along coastlines. Rising sea levels are already encroaching on...

7. Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Zone Management

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2011
   Robert J. Nicholls

   In this paper, Robert J. Nicholls assesses the situation in other parts of the world, arguing that many cities, such as London, New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Mumbai, are threatened by sea-level rise...

8. Alternative Energy Sources and Land Use

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2011
   Clinton J. Andrews, Lisa Dewey-Mattia, Judd M. Schechtman, and Mathias Mayr

   Clinton J. Andrews, Lisa Dewey-Mattia, Judd M. Schechtman, and Mathias Mayr project that, by 2030, the global demand for energy will increase from the 2010 level of about 149,000 terrawatthours per...

9. Integrating Adaptation and Mitigation in Local Climate Change Planning

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2011
   Elisabeth M. Hamin

   Another land use planning issue related to climate policy is the potential tradeoffs in land use between adaptation and mitigation. Whereas typical mitigation measures, such as compact city structure...

10. Land Use and Vehicle Miles of Travel in the Climate Change Debate

    Getting Smarter Than Your Average Bear
    Ponencias
    Mayo 2011
    Marlon G. Boarnet, Douglas Houston, Gavin Ferguson, and Steven Spears

    In this paper, Marlon G. Boarnet, Douglas Houston, Gavin Ferguson, and Steven Spears analyze the nonlinear relationship between land use and VMT and related thresholds. Based on a travel diary survey...