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Message from the President
Who Will Pay for Our Urban Future?
April 2016, English
Humans have had a love-hate relationship with urbanization for hundreds of years. In the mid-18th century, at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, common fields and pastures were enclosed to force peasants into wage labor and life in the slums of the industrial cities of Europe. These involuntary urbanites lived in abysmal conditions, crowded into […]
City and Regional Planning, Local Government, Urbanization, Value Capture
April 2016, English
Humans have had a love-hate relationship with urbanization for hundreds of years. In the mid-18th century, at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, common fields and pastures were enclosed to force peasants into wage labor and life in the slums of the industrial cities of Europe. These involuntary urbanites lived in abysmal conditions, crowded into […]
City and Regional Planning, Local Government, Urbanization, Value Capture
Tecnociudad
CoUrbanize—Foro de planificación comunitaria en línea
April 2016, Spanish
Después de que Karin Brandt obtuvo su título de Maestría en el Instituto de Tecnología de Massachusetts, notó cierto nivel de frustración en sus antiguos compañeros de planificación. “La idea de generar un cambio, de la que tanto habíamos hablado en la escuela de posgrado, no se estaba concretando”, recordó. Una de las razones era […]
City and Regional Planning, Technology and Tools, Urbanization
April 2016, Spanish
Después de que Karin Brandt obtuvo su título de Maestría en el Instituto de Tecnología de Massachusetts, notó cierto nivel de frustración en sus antiguos compañeros de planificación. “La idea de generar un cambio, de la que tanto habíamos hablado en la escuela de posgrado, no se estaba concretando”, recordó. Una de las razones era […]
City and Regional Planning, Technology and Tools, Urbanization
City Tech
CoUrbanize’s Online Community Planning Forum
By Rob Walker
April 2016, English
After Karin Brandt finished her Master’s degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she noticed some frustration among her former classmates in planning. “The idea of creating change that we talked about in grad school wasn’t being realized,” she recalls. One of the reasons was that the process of engaging with the broader public often […]
City and Regional Planning, Technology and Tools, Urbanization
April 2016, English
After Karin Brandt finished her Master’s degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she noticed some frustration among her former classmates in planning. “The idea of creating change that we talked about in grad school wasn’t being realized,” she recalls. One of the reasons was that the process of engaging with the broader public often […]
City and Regional Planning, Technology and Tools, Urbanization
Medida drástica
El proyecto de ley que eliminaría el impuesto escolar sobre la propiedad en Pensilvania
By Denise-Marie Ordway
April 2016, Spanish
El impuesto sobre la propiedad es un tema tan contencioso en Pensilvania que los residentes de por lo menos 84 grupos de base distintos se han unido para presionar por cambios que incluyen la eliminación del impuesto escolar sobre la propiedad, aunque ello signifique transferir el financiamiento de la educación a otras fuentes que quizá […]
Housing, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance
April 2016, Spanish
El impuesto sobre la propiedad es un tema tan contencioso en Pensilvania que los residentes de por lo menos 84 grupos de base distintos se han unido para presionar por cambios que incluyen la eliminación del impuesto escolar sobre la propiedad, aunque ello signifique transferir el financiamiento de la educación a otras fuentes que quizá […]
Housing, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance
Drastic Measure
The Bill That Would Eliminate School Property Tax in Pennsylvania
By Denise-Marie Ordway
April 2016, English
Property taxes have become such a contentious issue in Pennsylvania that residents from at least 84 different grassroots groups have banded together to push for changes that include eliminating the school property tax—even if it means funding education through other sources that might not be as reliable. A Decade of Failed Reform Especially in more […]
Housing, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance
April 2016, English
Property taxes have become such a contentious issue in Pennsylvania that residents from at least 84 different grassroots groups have banded together to push for changes that include eliminating the school property tax—even if it means funding education through other sources that might not be as reliable. A Decade of Failed Reform Especially in more […]
Housing, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance
La aceptación de la incertidumbre
Planificación exploratoria de escenarios (XSP) en el sudoeste de Colorado
Por John Wihbey
April 2016, Spanish
Entre los escarpados picos de las montañas de San Juan, en el cuadrante noreste de la frontera regional de Four Corners, hay un grupo de cinco condados en el sudoeste de Colorado cuyos nombres evocan la historia rica y diversa de la región: Montezuma, San Juan, La Plata, Dolores, y Archuleta. También es diversa la […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Economic Development, Technology and Tools
April 2016, Spanish
Entre los escarpados picos de las montañas de San Juan, en el cuadrante noreste de la frontera regional de Four Corners, hay un grupo de cinco condados en el sudoeste de Colorado cuyos nombres evocan la historia rica y diversa de la región: Montezuma, San Juan, La Plata, Dolores, y Archuleta. También es diversa la […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Economic Development, Technology and Tools
Embracing Uncertainty
Exploratory Scenario Planning (XSP) in Southwest Colorado
By John Wihbey
April 2016, English
Amid the jagged peaks of the San Juan Mountains, in the northeast quadrant of the Four Corners regional border, is a cluster of five southwestern Colorado counties whose names evoke the region’s rich and diverse history: Montezuma, San Juan, La Plata, Dolores, Archuleta. Diverse, too, is the way of life and the economy of the […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Economic Development, Technology and Tools
April 2016, English
Amid the jagged peaks of the San Juan Mountains, in the northeast quadrant of the Four Corners regional border, is a cluster of five southwestern Colorado counties whose names evoke the region’s rich and diverse history: Montezuma, San Juan, La Plata, Dolores, Archuleta. Diverse, too, is the way of life and the economy of the […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Economic Development, Technology and Tools
Perfil académico
Laurie Johnson y Robert Olshansky
April 2016, Spanish
50 años de planificación para la recuperación ante catástrofes Laurie Johnson es una planificadora urbana internacionalmente reconocida, especializada en la recuperación y gestión de riesgos por catástrofes. Es científica visitante encargada de proyectos en el Centro de Investigaciones de Ingeniería Sísmica del Pacífico de la Universidad de California-Berkeley; es presidente del directorio del Comité Nacional […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Urbanization
April 2016, Spanish
50 años de planificación para la recuperación ante catástrofes Laurie Johnson es una planificadora urbana internacionalmente reconocida, especializada en la recuperación y gestión de riesgos por catástrofes. Es científica visitante encargada de proyectos en el Centro de Investigaciones de Ingeniería Sísmica del Pacífico de la Universidad de California-Berkeley; es presidente del directorio del Comité Nacional […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Urbanization
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