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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 […]
Land Lines, October 2017
October 2017, English
This issue celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the PLC, with articles on GIS-Assisted Mass Appraisal in Shenzhen, Sponge Cities, Drones and Land Policy, Conserving Panda Habitat, and WeChat Pay.
October 2017, English
This issue celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the PLC, with articles on GIS-Assisted Mass Appraisal in Shenzhen, Sponge Cities, Drones and Land Policy, Conserving Panda Habitat, and WeChat Pay.
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
The Future of U.S. Public School Revenue from the Property Tax
September 2017, English
September 2017, English
