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Message from the President Emeritus
The PKU–Lincoln Center in Retrospect
October 2017, English
The strong complementarity between the Lincoln Institute’s expertise and China’s land policy challenges provided the rationale for the Lincoln Institute’s activities in the People’s Republic of China. China’s rapid economic growth over the past 35 years involved the usual structural changes in the economy (a declining share of agriculture; an expanding share of manufacturing and […]
October 2017, English
The strong complementarity between the Lincoln Institute’s expertise and China’s land policy challenges provided the rationale for the Lincoln Institute’s activities in the People’s Republic of China. China’s rapid economic growth over the past 35 years involved the usual structural changes in the economy (a declining share of agriculture; an expanding share of manufacturing and […]
Virtual Valuation
GIS-Assisted Mass Appraisal in Shenzhen
October 2017, English
China is one of a small number of countries around the world that does not levy property tax on privately owned residential properties. After the Communist Party established a socialist regime in 1949, China adopted a public land ownership system and thereby lacked a real estate market until the reform era. Since the reform, property […]
October 2017, English
China is one of a small number of countries around the world that does not levy property tax on privately owned residential properties. After the Communist Party established a socialist regime in 1949, China adopted a public land ownership system and thereby lacked a real estate market until the reform era. Since the reform, property […]
The Drone Revolution
UAV-Generated Geodata Drives Policy Innovation
October 2017, English
Drones are revolutionizing data collection and mapping, ushering in major shifts and new opportunities in the domains of land management, policy, and advocacy. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) came into wide use globally about a decade ago, as their cost fell rapidly in the consumer market. In the developing world and in rapidly urbanizing areas, drones […]
October 2017, English
Drones are revolutionizing data collection and mapping, ushering in major shifts and new opportunities in the domains of land management, policy, and advocacy. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) came into wide use globally about a decade ago, as their cost fell rapidly in the consumer market. In the developing world and in rapidly urbanizing areas, drones […]
Sponge Cities and Panda Habitat
The Nature Conservancy's Foray into China
October 2017, English
Paradoxically, China is emerging as an innovative global leader in green initiatives, just as it has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest source of carbon dioxide emissions (Global Carbon Atlas 2016). “After decades of rapid expansion brought smog and contaminated soil,” noted the official Xinhua News Agency, “China is steadily shifting from GDP […]
October 2017, English
Paradoxically, China is emerging as an innovative global leader in green initiatives, just as it has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest source of carbon dioxide emissions (Global Carbon Atlas 2016). “After decades of rapid expansion brought smog and contaminated soil,” noted the official Xinhua News Agency, “China is steadily shifting from GDP […]
City Tech
WeChat Pay Shapes Street Life in China
October 2017, English
First released just six years ago, the Chinese social-media app WeChat is one of the most popular in the world, with a reported 938 million active monthly users. It caught on as a messaging service, and has kept adding features. One has become wildly popular in ways that have attracted widespread attention: payments. Visit any […]
October 2017, English
First released just six years ago, the Chinese social-media app WeChat is one of the most popular in the world, with a reported 938 million active monthly users. It caught on as a messaging service, and has kept adding features. One has become wildly popular in ways that have attracted widespread attention: payments. Visit any […]
New Lincoln Institute Policy Focus Report
Revitalizing America’s Smaller Legacy Cities
October 2017, English
Revitalizing America’s Legacy Cities: Strategies for Postindustrial Success from Gary to Lowell By Torey Hollingsworth and Alison Goebel From Gary, Indiana, to Lowell, Massachusetts, smaller postindustrial cities are taking strategic steps to regenerate—with the chance to follow their larger rebounding counterparts like Pittsburgh and Cleveland—by building on downtowns, capitalizing on a unique sense of place, and focusing […]
October 2017, English
Revitalizing America’s Legacy Cities: Strategies for Postindustrial Success from Gary to Lowell By Torey Hollingsworth and Alison Goebel From Gary, Indiana, to Lowell, Massachusetts, smaller postindustrial cities are taking strategic steps to regenerate—with the chance to follow their larger rebounding counterparts like Pittsburgh and Cleveland—by building on downtowns, capitalizing on a unique sense of place, and focusing […]
Una hacienda local pobre
Los determinantes de la recaudación predial en México
October 2017, Spanish
October 2017, Spanish
Reinventing Development Regulations
October 2017, English
October 2017, English
