Land Lines Julho 2011
Urban Development and Climate Change in China’s Pearl River Delta
Climate change represents a significant challenge to the continued development of the Pearl River Delta, given its coastal geography, population density, and intense economic development and infrastructure.
Scaling Up Conservation for Large Landscapes
With many funders and public partners seeking to focus on collaborative, landscape-scale conservation efforts, the land trust community has an excellent opportunity to leverage its good work by engaging in more partnerships.
Recent Experience with Land Value Capture in São Paulo, Brazil
The application of the principle of the social function of property, embedded in the 2002 Strategic Master Plan for São Paulo, enabled the enactment of municipal legislation that clearly separates the right of ownership from the right to build.
Cities and Infrastructure
As both the national economy and local government revenues recover, a key priority will be to balance expenditures between current services and longer-term investments in infrastructure.
This issue features the detrimental impacts of climate change on urban development in China’s Pearl River Delta; the dynamics of land value capture in San Paulo, Brazil; and the critical role of infrastructure investments in strengthening the fiscal health of North American cities.