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Private Conservation Easements
A Record of Achievements and the Challenges Ahead
October 2009, English
Over the past 25 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the acquisition of conservation easements by nonprofit organizations. Privately held conservation easements, i.e., those held by nonprofits rather than governmental entities, have thus emerged as an important and growing tool for the preservation of natural and scenic features of the United States landscape.
Environment, Land and Property Rights, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning
October 2009, English
Over the past 25 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the acquisition of conservation easements by nonprofit organizations. Privately held conservation easements, i.e., those held by nonprofits rather than governmental entities, have thus emerged as an important and growing tool for the preservation of natural and scenic features of the United States landscape.
Environment, Land and Property Rights, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning
Report from the President
Climate Change and Urban Development
Gregory K. Ingram
October 2009, English
Accumulating evidence indicates that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide, are raising average temperatures, acidifying and raising the level of oceans, and accelerating natural rates of carbon dioxide emissions. Uncertainties abound, but the carbon dioxide concentration in the earth’s atmosphere has risen by 31 percent since 1850 and now exceeds levels experienced over […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment
October 2009, English
Accumulating evidence indicates that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide, are raising average temperatures, acidifying and raising the level of oceans, and accelerating natural rates of carbon dioxide emissions. Uncertainties abound, but the carbon dioxide concentration in the earth’s atmosphere has risen by 31 percent since 1850 and now exceeds levels experienced over […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment
The Role of Forests in U.S. Climate Policy
Laurie A. Wayburn
October 2009, English
Like many schoolchildren, I learned that years ago a squirrel could cross the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean never touching the ground, using our magnificent forests as an aerial highway. After massive clearing and development for agriculture, cities, and roads, those forests are now a tattered patchwork, and are nonexistent in many […]
Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning
October 2009, English
Like many schoolchildren, I learned that years ago a squirrel could cross the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean never touching the ground, using our magnificent forests as an aerial highway. After massive clearing and development for agriculture, cities, and roads, those forests are now a tattered patchwork, and are nonexistent in many […]
Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation, Land Use and Zoning
Vivir en campamentos
Preferencias de localización residencial en Santiago, Chile
Isabel Brain, José Joaquín Prieto, Francisco Sabatini, and Pablo Celhay
October 2009, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 7 del CD-ROM Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. En las ciudades de América Latina, y especialmente en las más grandes, la ubicación de las viviendas es crítica para los grupos más vulnerables. En Buenos Aires, la […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Land Use and Zoning, Poverty and Inequality
October 2009, Spanish
Una versión más actualizada de este artículo está disponible como parte del capítulo 7 del CD-ROM Perspectivas urbanas: Temas críticos en políticas de suelo de América Latina. En las ciudades de América Latina, y especialmente en las más grandes, la ubicación de las viviendas es crítica para los grupos más vulnerables. En Buenos Aires, la […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Land Use and Zoning, Poverty and Inequality
Living in Slums
Residential Location Preferences in Santiago, Chile
Isabel Brain, Pablo Celhay, José Joaquín Prieto, and Francisco Sabatini
October 2009, English
In Latin American cities, especially in the larger ones, location is critical for vulnerable groups. In Buenos Aires, the population of shantytowns in the central area doubled in the last inter-census period (1991–2001), even though total population declined by approximately 8 percent. In Rio de Janeiro during the same decade, the fastest growing informal settlements […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Land Use and Zoning, Poverty and Inequality
October 2009, English
In Latin American cities, especially in the larger ones, location is critical for vulnerable groups. In Buenos Aires, the population of shantytowns in the central area doubled in the last inter-census period (1991–2001), even though total population declined by approximately 8 percent. In Rio de Janeiro during the same decade, the fastest growing informal settlements […]
Housing, Informal Settlements, Land Use and Zoning, Poverty and Inequality
Faculty Profile
Petra Todorovich
October 2009, English
Faculty Profile: Petra Todorovich
City and Regional Planning, Infrastructure, Public Finance
October 2009, English
Faculty Profile: Petra Todorovich
City and Regional Planning, Infrastructure, Public Finance
Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Local Economies
Rosalind H. Bark
October 2009, English
Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation, Land Markets, Local Government
October 2009, English
Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation, Land Markets, Local Government
Design Principles Are Not Blue Prints, but Are They Robust?
A Meta-Analysis of 112 Studies
Michael Cox, Gwen Arnold, and Sergio Villamayor Tomas
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