This course brings together different and critical perspectives on urban informality and the approach regarding regularization to this phenomenon. It uses theory and debates from sociology, urban planning and law to help students sharpen their concept of urban informality and to design feasible practices that address it. In conceptual terms, it is a question of breaking with stereotypical and one-dimensional images of informal settlements. Students learn to appreciate the formal and functional multiplicity of informal urban settlements.

This course, offered in Spanish, aims to present a general approach to Large-Scale Urban Projects (LSUP). Based on a definition of what is meant by large scale urban projects and why their analysis is important, the course covers the role of the LSUP’s in the development of cities in Latin America and analyzes the types of projects and the diversity of entities that have been developed for their implementation. A particular emphasis is given to the analysis of local and international cases of LSUP and instruments for planning and financing major projects, such as urban operations (CEPAC y Otorga Onerosa del Derecho de Construir -OODC-), partial plans (distribution of burdens and benefits) and the public-private partnerships.

Prerequisites: It is important that the participant has knowledge on concepts such as price formation of land and its relationship to urban planning. Also, it is recommended that prior to the start of the course selected participants reinforce concepts with audio lectures. 

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.

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