This workshop explores the implementation of urban development and value capture policies arising from the transformation of the airport system in Mexico City and fosters interdepartmental cooperation between several Mexican government agencies and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to optimize the social impact of the new airport system. Particularly, the workshop provides a forum to analyze the institutional framework and the instruments needed to guarantee that the new airport system will benefit the city as a whole and the underprivileged sectors east of the conglomeration.

This course, offered in Spanish, seeks to demonstrate the relationships among urban planning practices, the behavior of land markets and the legal foundations of property and public management. The conceptual, legal and economic framework that acts as a base for finance policy and as well as social management of the surplus value of land will be discussed. The course reviews the development of a variety of alternative instruments designed to finance urban goods and services to recover the cost of public investment (tax on improvements and other special contributions), as well as to manage development rights and public land.

This course, offered in Spanish, analyzes a number of concerns about the functioning of the cities that can be analyzed from an economic perspective. Class discussion will focus on land markets, especially the drivers of real estate prices and the various tools that are used in urban policy to meet the fiscal needs of the city.

In collaboration with the Congress for New Urbanism and the Public Sector Consortium, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is hosting a two-day capacity-building seminar focusing on strengthening the fiscal health of local governments on May 16th and 17th, 2016. Our objective is to help city officials strengthen their ability to track, manage, and sustain the fiscal health of their communities, guided by Systems Thinking practices.

Schedule:
Monday:  8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM