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Housing Affordability in a Global Perspective

Achilles Kallergis, Shlomo Angel, Yang Liu, Alejandro M. Blei, Nicolás Galarza, and Patrick Lamson-Hall

November 2018, English

Working Papers

Housing, Informal Settlements, Urbanization

November 2018, English

Working Papers

Housing, Informal Settlements, Urbanization

Community Toilets and the Challenge of Urban Sanitation in Nairobi, Kenya

Carlos Rufín and Johann Frield

October 2018, English

The case focuses on the growth of community toilets in Nairobi’s sprawling informal settlements.

Inquiry Case Studies

Economic Development, Informal Settlements, Infrastructure

October 2018, English

The case focuses on the growth of community toilets in Nairobi’s sprawling informal settlements.

Inquiry Case Studies

Economic Development, Informal Settlements, Infrastructure

Law and the Urban Environment

Using the Law to Resolve Conflicts Over Land

Thomas Coggin

October 2018, English

This case study considers conflicts over urban land, a problem prevalent in many densely settled environments today, and advocates for the use of the law as a way to balance competing interests.

Descriptive Case Studies

Housing, Land and Property Rights

October 2018, English

This case study considers conflicts over urban land, a problem prevalent in many densely settled environments today, and advocates for the use of the law as a way to balance competing interests.

Descriptive Case Studies

Housing, Land and Property Rights

Property Tax in Africa

Status, Challenges, and Prospects

Edited by Riël Franzsen and William McCluskey

June 2017, English

Book

Land and Property Rights, Land Markets, Land Value Taxation, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation

June 2017, English

Book

Land and Property Rights, Land Markets, Land Value Taxation, Local Government, Property Tax, Public Finance, Valuation

Planeta de ciudades

Shlomo Angel

June 2015, Spanish

Book

City and Regional Planning, Housing, Infrastructure, Land Conservation, Land Markets, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization

June 2015, Spanish

Book

City and Regional Planning, Housing, Infrastructure, Land Conservation, Land Markets, Poverty and Inequality, Urbanization

The Global Reach of Land Trust Organizations

Peter Stein

February 2015, English

Working Papers

Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation

February 2015, English

Working Papers

Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation

Conservation Catalysts

The Academy as Nature’s Agent

Edited by James N. Levitt with a foreword by Stephen Woodley

November 2014, English

Book

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation, Urbanization

November 2014, English

Book

City and Regional Planning, Climate Change, Environment, Land Conservation, Urbanization

A Global Compendium and Meta-Analysis of Property Tax Systems

Richard Almy

June 2014, English

Working Papers

Property Tax

June 2014, English

Working Papers

Property Tax