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The Tax Autonomy of Local Governments in the United States
Janeiro 2019, inglês
Janeiro 2019, inglês
New Publication
Integrating Water Efficiency into Land Use Planning in the Interior West: A Guidebook for Local Planners
Janeiro 2019, inglês
Las Vegas residents receive $3 for every square foot of grass they replace with drought-tolerant landscaping. In Morro Bay, California, developers must retrofit existing housing stock to save twice the water demanded by new development. Chandler, Arizona, offers awards and incentives to developments that meet green building standards. These are just a few of […]
Janeiro 2019, inglês
Las Vegas residents receive $3 for every square foot of grass they replace with drought-tolerant landscaping. In Morro Bay, California, developers must retrofit existing housing stock to save twice the water demanded by new development. Chandler, Arizona, offers awards and incentives to developments that meet green building standards. These are just a few of […]
Distributive Impacts and Support for Mass Transportation Projects
An Experimental Evaluation in Bogotá, Colombia
Dezembro 2018, inglês
Dezembro 2018, inglês
Boston’s Open Space and Sea Level Rise
An Assessment of the Role of Open Spaces in Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change-Related Sea Level Rise and Flooding
Dezembro 2018, inglês
Dezembro 2018, inglês
Understanding Changes in the Geography of Opportunity
The Case of Santiago, Chile
Dezembro 2018, inglês
Dezembro 2018, inglês
How Auctioning Building Rights Can Help Fund Infrastructure and Affordable Housing
Dezembro 2018, inglês
As U.S. cities struggle to provide adequate infrastructure and affordable housing, many are underutilizing one of their greatest assets: the land on which they sit. Cities generate large increases in the value of land when they change zoning regulations to enable new development or invest in public works projects, but private landowners typically capture the […]
Dezembro 2018, inglês
As U.S. cities struggle to provide adequate infrastructure and affordable housing, many are underutilizing one of their greatest assets: the land on which they sit. Cities generate large increases in the value of land when they change zoning regulations to enable new development or invest in public works projects, but private landowners typically capture the […]
Hydraulic Empire
Sharing a Legacy, Carving a Future for the Colorado River
Dezembro 2018, inglês
For six centuries, a people called the Hohokam inhabited central Arizona. Among their many accomplishments, they created a hydraulic empire of sorts, a spiderlike web of canals intended to deliver water from the Gila and Salt rivers—tributaries of the mighty Colorado—to their agricultural fields. Eventually, the Hohokam abandoned their fields and canals. To this […]
Dezembro 2018, inglês
For six centuries, a people called the Hohokam inhabited central Arizona. Among their many accomplishments, they created a hydraulic empire of sorts, a spiderlike web of canals intended to deliver water from the Gila and Salt rivers—tributaries of the mighty Colorado—to their agricultural fields. Eventually, the Hohokam abandoned their fields and canals. To this […]
Colorado River Water
The Shift from Farms to Cities
Dezembro 2018, inglês
Agriculture was the main driver of development along the Colorado River. According to a recent report from the U.S. Geological Survey, 85 percent of water withdrawals went toward irrigation between 1985 and 2010 (Maupin 2018). The fields around Yuma, Arizona, and the Imperial and Palo Verde valleys of California consume more than 4 million […]
Dezembro 2018, inglês
Agriculture was the main driver of development along the Colorado River. According to a recent report from the U.S. Geological Survey, 85 percent of water withdrawals went toward irrigation between 1985 and 2010 (Maupin 2018). The fields around Yuma, Arizona, and the Imperial and Palo Verde valleys of California consume more than 4 million […]
