Land Lines February 2016
Nature and Cities
This feature is adapted from the introduction to Nature and Cities: The Ecological Imperative in Urban Design and Planning (Lincoln Institute 2016), a forthcoming compilation of essays by leading landscape architects, city planners, and architects who explore the economic, environmental, and public health benefits of integrating nature more fully into areas of everyday city life.
School Finance and Property Taxes
Some of the most significant policy discussions concerning the property tax do not deal with the tax itself, but rather with the use of its revenue to support local public schools. This excerpt from a forthcoming book by the Lincoln Institute’s chair of Valuation and Taxation defends the potential of the property tax in service of public education.
In this issue, we debut our logo redesign and preview two important new books by Lincoln Institute program directors: A Good Tax: Legal and Policy Issues for the Property Tax in the United States, by Joan Youngman, and Nature and Cities: The Ecological Imperative in Urban Design and Planning, edited by Armando Carbonell along with Frederick R. Steiner and George F. Thompson.