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Outorga Onerosa do Direito de Construir
Panorama e Avaliação de Experiências Municipais
Fernanda Furtado, Vera F. Rezende, Teresa C. Oliveira, and Pedro Jorgensen Jr
Premature Subdivisions and What to Do About Them
Donald Elliott
Land Lines, January 2010
Edited by Ann LeRoyer
January 2010, English
Economic Development, Environment, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Property Tax
January 2010, English
Economic Development, Environment, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Property Tax
Report from the President
Improving Access to Land and Tax Data
Gregory K. Ingram
January 2010, English
A major tragedy of empirical work is the low ratio of analysis to data, in part due to the lack of publicly available datasets. Many data collectors are reluctant to share data with other researchers until they have harvested all its new insights. Accordingly, researchers often collect new data because they cannot access existing information. […]
Housing, Property Tax, Technology and Tools, Valuation
January 2010, English
A major tragedy of empirical work is the low ratio of analysis to data, in part due to the lack of publicly available datasets. Many data collectors are reluctant to share data with other researchers until they have harvested all its new insights. Accordingly, researchers often collect new data because they cannot access existing information. […]
Housing, Property Tax, Technology and Tools, Valuation
Land Policy Issues in China
January 2010, English
As the world’s most populous country and its third largest economy, China and its rapid urbanization and development will represent one of the defining trends of the twenty-first century. Over the past 30 years, China has made remarkable economic and social progress, lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty and catapulting China onto the international […]
Economic Development, Environment, Property Tax, Urbanization
January 2010, English
As the world’s most populous country and its third largest economy, China and its rapid urbanization and development will represent one of the defining trends of the twenty-first century. Over the past 30 years, China has made remarkable economic and social progress, lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty and catapulting China onto the international […]
Economic Development, Environment, Property Tax, Urbanization
Housing, Land, and the Economic Crisis
Karl E. Case
January 2010, English
At the end of 2009, the United States faced an economic disaster of major proportions, with trillions of dollars of asset value lost, more than 16 million people unemployed, and four consecutive quarters of rapidly falling GDP. These events were the direct and indirect result of extreme volatility in the value of residential property that […]
Economic Development, Housing, Land and Property Rights, Valuation
January 2010, English
At the end of 2009, the United States faced an economic disaster of major proportions, with trillions of dollars of asset value lost, more than 16 million people unemployed, and four consecutive quarters of rapidly falling GDP. These events were the direct and indirect result of extreme volatility in the value of residential property that […]
Economic Development, Housing, Land and Property Rights, Valuation
Integrating Mediation in Land Use Decision Making
A Study of Vermont
Patrick Field, Kate Harvey, and Matt Strassberg
January 2010, English
Across the country, decision makers at the local and state levels increasingly are turning to new methods for resolving conflicts that arise during land use decision making processes. For disputes over permitting or enforcement of local and state land use regulations, mediation is considered a reasonable alternative to at least some litigation. Although mediation has […]
Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning
January 2010, English
Across the country, decision makers at the local and state levels increasingly are turning to new methods for resolving conflicts that arise during land use decision making processes. For disputes over permitting or enforcement of local and state land use regulations, mediation is considered a reasonable alternative to at least some litigation. Although mediation has […]
Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning
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