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Message From the President
Activities In China
Gregory K. Ingram
January 2008, English
In October 2007 Peking University Provost Lin Jianhua and I signed an agreement to establish the joint Lincoln Institute of Land Policy–Peking University Center for Urban Developmentand Land Policy. Lincoln Institute and Peking University established this joint center to provide support for education, training, and research in urban economics, land policy and management, property taxation, […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Public Finance, Urbanization
January 2008, English
In October 2007 Peking University Provost Lin Jianhua and I signed an agreement to establish the joint Lincoln Institute of Land Policy–Peking University Center for Urban Developmentand Land Policy. Lincoln Institute and Peking University established this joint center to provide support for education, training, and research in urban economics, land policy and management, property taxation, […]
City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Public Finance, Urbanization
Planning for Climate Change
Patrick Condon
January 2008, English
The debate about the reality of global warming, and the human role in precipitating climate change, has been largely put to rest. Four working groups from the United Nations–sponsored Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (2007) have come to a consensus that would be gratifying if it were not so frightening. Yes, the globe is warming […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Technology and Tools
January 2008, English
The debate about the reality of global warming, and the human role in precipitating climate change, has been largely put to rest. Four working groups from the United Nations–sponsored Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (2007) have come to a consensus that would be gratifying if it were not so frightening. Yes, the globe is warming […]
City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Technology and Tools
The Property Tax and the Fortunes of Older Industrial Cities
Barry Bluestone and Chase M. Billingham
January 2008, English
Most people are not particularly fond of paying taxes of any sort, but the discontent with one particular type of public levy, the local property tax, is gaining momentum across the country. Disgruntled homeowners are demanding that governors and mayors find alternative methods to raise revenue in order to relieve their own property tax burden. […]
Economic Development, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax, Public Finance
January 2008, English
Most people are not particularly fond of paying taxes of any sort, but the discontent with one particular type of public levy, the local property tax, is gaining momentum across the country. Disgruntled homeowners are demanding that governors and mayors find alternative methods to raise revenue in order to relieve their own property tax burden. […]
Economic Development, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax, Public Finance
Housing Inequality in Chinese Cities
How Important is Hukou?
Mark Duda and Bingqin Li
January 2008, English
Although vast differences in standard of living exist among the native-born residents of Chinese cities, the distinction between all urban natives and rural migrants runs deeper. It is, in fact, the fundamental social division in Chinese cities for several reasons, including labor market segmentation that sees migrants doing dirty, dangerous, and low-paying work; institutional rules […]
Housing, Land and Property Rights, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
January 2008, English
Although vast differences in standard of living exist among the native-born residents of Chinese cities, the distinction between all urban natives and rural migrants runs deeper. It is, in fact, the fundamental social division in Chinese cities for several reasons, including labor market segmentation that sees migrants doing dirty, dangerous, and low-paying work; institutional rules […]
Housing, Land and Property Rights, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization
Perfil docente
Fernanda Furtado
January 2008, 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. Fernanda Furtado es especialista en planificación urbana, profesora e investigadora en la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad Federal Fluminense de Niterói, en Rio de Janeiro, […]
January 2008, 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. Fernanda Furtado es especialista en planificación urbana, profesora e investigadora en la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad Federal Fluminense de Niterói, en Rio de Janeiro, […]
Faculty Profile
Fernanda Furtado
January 2008, English
Faculty Profile of Fernanda Furtado
City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
January 2008, English
Faculty Profile of Fernanda Furtado
City and Regional Planning, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Urbanization
The Intersection Between Planning and the Municipal Budget
Jack Huddleston
January 2008, English
Working Papers
City and Regional Planning, Local Government, Public Finance, Urbanization
January 2008, English
Working Papers
City and Regional Planning, Local Government, Public Finance, Urbanization
Property Tax Responses to State Aid Cuts in the Recent Fiscal Crisis
Richard F. Dye and Andrew Reschovsky
January 2008, English
Working Papers
January 2008, English
Working Papers
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