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Desarrollo urbano y cambio climático en el delta del río Perla de China
Canfei He with Lei Yang
July 2011, Spanish
Las ciudades contribuyen al cambio climático mundial pero, a la vez, son víctimas de dicho cambio. Es bien sabido que, en particular, las ciudades asentadas sobre deltas son extremadamente vulnerables, debido a que están localizadas donde las agresiones a los sistemas naturales coinciden con una intensa actividad humana. Ciertos efectos del cambio climático pueden afectar […]
Climate Change, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanization
July 2011, Spanish
Las ciudades contribuyen al cambio climático mundial pero, a la vez, son víctimas de dicho cambio. Es bien sabido que, en particular, las ciudades asentadas sobre deltas son extremadamente vulnerables, debido a que están localizadas donde las agresiones a los sistemas naturales coinciden con una intensa actividad humana. Ciertos efectos del cambio climático pueden afectar […]
Climate Change, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanization
Urban Development and Climate Change in China’s Pearl River Delta
Canfei He with Lei Yang
July 2011, English
Cities are both contributors to and victims of global climate change. Delta cities, in particular, have long been recognized as being extremely vulnerable because they are located where the stresses on natural systems coincide with intense human activity. A number of climate change impacts may affect delta cities, including rising sea levels, infrastructure damage from […]
Climate Change, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanization
July 2011, English
Cities are both contributors to and victims of global climate change. Delta cities, in particular, have long been recognized as being extremely vulnerable because they are located where the stresses on natural systems coincide with intense human activity. A number of climate change impacts may affect delta cities, including rising sea levels, infrastructure damage from […]
Climate Change, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanization
Ampliando la escala de conservación de los grandes paisajes
Jamie Williams
July 2011, Spanish
La cuestión central que deben resolver los conservacionistas de suelos hoy en día es cómo ampliar la escala de sus esfuerzos para proteger paisajes y sistemas naturales completos. El movimiento de fideicomisos de suelos se ha cimentado en los éxitos individuales de conservación de propiedades privadas, pero crecientemente tanto los conservacionistas como los propietarios que […]
Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government
July 2011, Spanish
La cuestión central que deben resolver los conservacionistas de suelos hoy en día es cómo ampliar la escala de sus esfuerzos para proteger paisajes y sistemas naturales completos. El movimiento de fideicomisos de suelos se ha cimentado en los éxitos individuales de conservación de propiedades privadas, pero crecientemente tanto los conservacionistas como los propietarios que […]
Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government
Scaling Up Conservation for Large Landscapes
Jamie Williams
July 2011, English
The central question facing land conservationists today is how to scale up efforts to protect entire landscapes and whole natural systems. The land trust movement has been built on the individual successes of conserved private properties, but increasingly both conservationists and landowners entering into conservation agreements want to know what is being done about their […]
Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government
July 2011, English
The central question facing land conservationists today is how to scale up efforts to protect entire landscapes and whole natural systems. The land trust movement has been built on the individual successes of conserved private properties, but increasingly both conservationists and landowners entering into conservation agreements want to know what is being done about their […]
Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government
Experiencia reciente con la recuperación de plusvalías en São Paulo, Brasil
July 2011, Spanish
A medida que una ciudad crece, tanto en tamaño como en su densidad de edificación, una parte de este proceso de crecimiento consiste, por lo general, en las mejoras que se realizan en el suelo a raíz de los nuevos desarrollos. No obstante, la combinación de la demanda de sitios de construcción adicionales y de […]
City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Public Finance
July 2011, Spanish
A medida que una ciudad crece, tanto en tamaño como en su densidad de edificación, una parte de este proceso de crecimiento consiste, por lo general, en las mejoras que se realizan en el suelo a raíz de los nuevos desarrollos. No obstante, la combinación de la demanda de sitios de construcción adicionales y de […]
City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Public Finance
Recent Experience with Land Value Capture in São Paulo, Brazil
July 2011, English
As a city grows in size and building density, improvements to the land supporting the new development are usually part of the growth process. However, the combination of demand for additional construction sites and the limited amount of physical land available for development often results in land price increases. This land scarcity is caused by […]
City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Public Finance
July 2011, English
As a city grows in size and building density, improvements to the land supporting the new development are usually part of the growth process. However, the combination of demand for additional construction sites and the limited amount of physical land available for development often results in land price increases. This land scarcity is caused by […]
City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Public Finance
Ciudades e infraestructura
Un camino difícil por delante
Gregory K. Ingram and Anthony Flint
July 2011, Spanish
Las ciudades norteamericanas tienen un potencial prometedor a largo plazo como centros de innovación y crecimiento, y la expansión tecnológica y de las ciencias de la salud están comenzando a compensar la erosión de varias décadas en el sector de manufactura. Las ciudades siguen siendo también lugares llenos de vitalidad, que ofrecen opciones de diseño […]
Economic Development, Infrastructure, Public Finance, Urbanization
July 2011, Spanish
Las ciudades norteamericanas tienen un potencial prometedor a largo plazo como centros de innovación y crecimiento, y la expansión tecnológica y de las ciencias de la salud están comenzando a compensar la erosión de varias décadas en el sector de manufactura. Las ciudades siguen siendo también lugares llenos de vitalidad, que ofrecen opciones de diseño […]
Economic Development, Infrastructure, Public Finance, Urbanization
Cities and Infrastructure
A Rough Road Ahead
Gregory K. Ingram and Anthony Flint
July 2011, English
American cities have promising long-term prospects as hubs of innovation and growth, with expansion in technology and health sciences beginning to offset the decades-long erosion of manufacturing. Cities also remain places of vitality, offering urban design, density, and trans-port options that attract residents of all ages and backgrounds. In fact, nine of the ten most […]
Economic Development, Infrastructure, Public Finance, Urbanization
July 2011, English
American cities have promising long-term prospects as hubs of innovation and growth, with expansion in technology and health sciences beginning to offset the decades-long erosion of manufacturing. Cities also remain places of vitality, offering urban design, density, and trans-port options that attract residents of all ages and backgrounds. In fact, nine of the ten most […]
Economic Development, Infrastructure, Public Finance, Urbanization
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