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Bridging the Divide

Why Integrating Land and Water Planning Is Critical to a Sustainable Future

By Heather Hansman

March 2021, English

  Rick Schultz doesn’t hate grass outright. He can see the use for it in some places—kids should be able to play soccer somewhere, sure—but there’s no need for it in road medians or sweeping lawns in arid places, says Schultz, a water conservation specialist at the municipally owned utility in Castle Rock, Colorado. Located […]

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Water

March 2021, English

  Rick Schultz doesn’t hate grass outright. He can see the use for it in some places—kids should be able to play soccer somewhere, sure—but there’s no need for it in road medians or sweeping lawns in arid places, says Schultz, a water conservation specialist at the municipally owned utility in Castle Rock, Colorado. Located […]

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Water

Una mujer

Podcast Estación Ciudad

El desborde de Lima

Por Jimena Ledgard y Sofía García

March 2021, Spanish

En una ciudad de 10 millones de personas donde el 60% de las viviendas han sido construidas de manera informal, exploramos cómo la especulación urbana impacta a sus habitantes.

City and Regional Planning, Housing, Informal Settlements, Land Markets

March 2021, Spanish

En una ciudad de 10 millones de personas donde el 60% de las viviendas han sido construidas de manera informal, exploramos cómo la especulación urbana impacta a sus habitantes.

City and Regional Planning, Housing, Informal Settlements, Land Markets

New Fellowship

Lincoln Institute Launches Fellowship for Claremont Lincoln University’s Master in Public Administration Program

By Claremont Lincoln University and Lincoln Institute Staff

March 2021, English

This article was updated March 16, 2021 to reflect the addition of a new cohort with a later application deadline. The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy has committed $100,000 to fund the newly established Lincoln Institute 75 Fellowship for Ethics and Equity in Public Administration. The fellowship will support select new students earning a Master […]

March 2021, English

This article was updated March 16, 2021 to reflect the addition of a new cohort with a later application deadline. The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy has committed $100,000 to fund the newly established Lincoln Institute 75 Fellowship for Ethics and Equity in Public Administration. The fellowship will support select new students earning a Master […]

Urban Land Governance

New Study to Explore Economic Impact of Restrictive Land Policies in India's Cities

By Sam Asher and Paul Novosad

March 2021, English

  Economists have long theorized that restrictive land use regulations are limiting growth and exacerbating inequalities in developing countries. Now, in the first study of its kind, researchers will explore this question by analyzing data on the 100 largest cities in India—home, collectively, to some 153 million people. The economic opportunities provided by cities are […]

Land Use and Zoning

March 2021, English

  Economists have long theorized that restrictive land use regulations are limiting growth and exacerbating inequalities in developing countries. Now, in the first study of its kind, researchers will explore this question by analyzing data on the 100 largest cities in India—home, collectively, to some 153 million people. The economic opportunities provided by cities are […]

Land Use and Zoning

‘Through the Roof’ Confronts Affordable Housing Crisis, Bridges Divide in Policy Debate

By Will Jason

March 2021, English

  Faced with a housing crisis that has grown even more urgent under the stress of the COVID pandemic, local U.S. governments need to adopt comprehensive and balanced housing strategies to ensure everyone can access a stable and affordable place to live, according to a new Policy Focus Report from the Lincoln Institute of Land […]

Housing, Local Government

March 2021, English

  Faced with a housing crisis that has grown even more urgent under the stress of the COVID pandemic, local U.S. governments need to adopt comprehensive and balanced housing strategies to ensure everyone can access a stable and affordable place to live, according to a new Policy Focus Report from the Lincoln Institute of Land […]

Housing, Local Government

Through the Roof

What Communities Can Do About the High Cost of Rental Housing in America

Ingrid Gould Ellen, Jeffrey Lubell, and Mark A. Willis

March 2021, English

Policy Focus Reports

Housing

March 2021, English

Policy Focus Reports

Housing

Ingrid Gould Ellen stands on city street

Land Matters Podcast

Season 2, Episode 2: Coauthor of Through the Roof on How Housing Can Be More Affordable

By Anthony Flint

February 2021, English

  Early on in Through the Roof: What Communities Can Do About the High Cost of Rental Housing in America, the report’s authors describe the deep roots of the affordability crisis with what they say is “cruel math”: between 1960 and 2016, median income rose by about 11 percent, while median rents rose by 80 […]

Housing

February 2021, English

  Early on in Through the Roof: What Communities Can Do About the High Cost of Rental Housing in America, the report’s authors describe the deep roots of the affordability crisis with what they say is “cruel math”: between 1960 and 2016, median income rose by about 11 percent, while median rents rose by 80 […]

Housing

Acela train approaches a station

Regional Transportation

Northeast Rail Advocates Make a Major Play for Federal Infrastructure Funds

By Anthony Flint

February 2021, English

  This article is reprinted with permission from CityLab, where it originally appeared. It is an audacious vision for high-speed rail in the Northeast: new tunnels out of New York City and under the Long Island Sound, routing trains up through Hartford, Providence and Boston. With electric locomotives that top 200 miles per hour, travel time between New […]

City and Regional Planning

February 2021, English

  This article is reprinted with permission from CityLab, where it originally appeared. It is an audacious vision for high-speed rail in the Northeast: new tunnels out of New York City and under the Long Island Sound, routing trains up through Hartford, Providence and Boston. With electric locomotives that top 200 miles per hour, travel time between New […]

City and Regional Planning