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From the President

Land Policies for Urban Development

Gregory K. Ingram

July 2006, English

The Lincoln Institute sponsored a wide-ranging international conference in June on “Land Policies for Urban Development.” A few of the major themes and messages from the presentations are summarized below. The three most populous developing countries, China, India, and Indonesia, with 40 percent of the world’s population, are entering the stage of rapid urbanization simultaneously. […]

Housing, Local Government, Urbanization

July 2006, English

The Lincoln Institute sponsored a wide-ranging international conference in June on “Land Policies for Urban Development.” A few of the major themes and messages from the presentations are summarized below. The three most populous developing countries, China, India, and Indonesia, with 40 percent of the world’s population, are entering the stage of rapid urbanization simultaneously. […]

Housing, Local Government, Urbanization

Teardowns

Costs, Benefits, and Public Policy

Daniel P. McMillen

July 2006, English

In the past decade, nearly 50 mansions have been demolished and replaced in the historic Chicago suburb of Kenilworth. Four demolition permits are currently pending review, while permits have been approved for two other historically significant houses. To slow the teardown trend, Kenilworth has enacted a nine-month waiting period between issuance of a demolition permit […]

Housing, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government

July 2006, English

In the past decade, nearly 50 mansions have been demolished and replaced in the historic Chicago suburb of Kenilworth. Four demolition permits are currently pending review, while permits have been approved for two other historically significant houses. To slow the teardown trend, Kenilworth has enacted a nine-month waiting period between issuance of a demolition permit […]

Housing, Land and Property Rights, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government

Smart Growth in Maryland

Facing a New Reality

Gerrit-Jan Knaap and Dru Schmidt-Perkins

July 2006, English

In the nearly 35 years since Bosselman and Callies (1972) published The Quiet Revolution in Land Use Control, land use policies in states across the nation have continued to change and evolve. The state of Maryland offers a good example. The history of land use policy in Maryland records a variety of conservation, development, and […]

City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government

July 2006, English

In the nearly 35 years since Bosselman and Callies (1972) published The Quiet Revolution in Land Use Control, land use policies in states across the nation have continued to change and evolve. The state of Maryland offers a good example. The history of land use policy in Maryland records a variety of conservation, development, and […]

City and Regional Planning, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Local Government

Tributos inmobiliarios e informalidad

Desafíos para América Latina

Martim O. Smolka and Claudia M. De Cesare

July 2006, 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. La informalidad desenfrenada, tan emblemática de las grandes ciudades de países en vías de desarrollo, plantea muchos retos a los sistemas de tributación inmobiliaria. Por ejemplo, los derechos […]

Housing, Informal Settlements, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax

July 2006, 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. La informalidad desenfrenada, tan emblemática de las grandes ciudades de países en vías de desarrollo, plantea muchos retos a los sistemas de tributación inmobiliaria. Por ejemplo, los derechos […]

Housing, Informal Settlements, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax

Property Taxation and Informality

Challenges for Latin America

Martim O. Smolka and Claudia M. De Cesare

July 2006, English

Rampant informality, so emblematic of large cities in developing countries, poses many challenges for property taxation systems. For instance, tenure rights in informal settlements are often obscure or even unknown; buildings are constructed gradually over time, self-construction is common, and the whole unit may never be finished; property value depends on vague or intangible factors […]

Housing, Informal Settlements, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax

July 2006, English

Rampant informality, so emblematic of large cities in developing countries, poses many challenges for property taxation systems. For instance, tenure rights in informal settlements are often obscure or even unknown; buildings are constructed gradually over time, self-construction is common, and the whole unit may never be finished; property value depends on vague or intangible factors […]

Housing, Informal Settlements, Poverty and Inequality, Property Tax

Faculty Profile

Margaret Dewar

July 2006, English

Margaret Dewar is the Emil Lorch Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. She directs the Detroit Community Partnership Center through which University of Michigan faculty and students work with community-based organizations and city agencies on community-identified neighborhood issues. Dewar is also […]

City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Urbanization

July 2006, English

Margaret Dewar is the Emil Lorch Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. She directs the Detroit Community Partnership Center through which University of Michigan faculty and students work with community-based organizations and city agencies on community-identified neighborhood issues. Dewar is also […]

City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Urbanization

Why So Little Georgism in America?

Using the Pennsylvania Case Files to Understand the Slow, Uneven Progress of Land Value Taxation

Mark Alan Hughes

July 2006, English

Working Papers

Land Value Taxation, Local Government

July 2006, English

Working Papers

Land Value Taxation, Local Government

The Tiebout Model at Fifty

Essays in Public Economics in Honor of Wallace Oates

Edited by William A. Fischel

June 2006, English

Book

Local Government, Property Tax

June 2006, English

Book

Local Government, Property Tax