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Confronting a COVID recession

Land Matters - October 12, 2020 20:27 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
With revenues down and pandemic-related expenditures up, state and local governments are facing a fiscal meltdown this fall and beyond. Experts from the Lincoln Institute talk about the options, including layoffs and cuts in services, and explain how leaving cities and states to struggle on thei...

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Housing's Racial History

Land Matters - September 03, 2020 19:16 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
To make sense of the current discussion of affordable housing in cities or in suburbs, it is necessary to understand the history of discrimination that has been part and parcel of US housing policy and programs, says Lisa Rice, president of the National Fair Housing Alliance.

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Housing at a time of crisis

Land Matters - July 09, 2020 15:32 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
The coronavirus pandemic and growing outrage about racial injustice have underscored the centrality of healthy, well-located, and affordable housing in society. Author Kim Vermeer and smart growth advocate Andre Leroux assess efforts to create more housing options to address longstanding economi...

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Oakland aims to build back better

Land Matters - May 30, 2020 15:42 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
For Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, the coronavirus crisis began in earnest when California Governor Gavin Newsom asked to allow sick passengers to disembark from the Crown Princess cruise ship, in the West Oakland port area. And life as mayor of this Bay Area city of 435,000 has not been the same s...

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The future of cities in the pandemic

Land Matters - April 30, 2020 15:43 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
The coronavirus pandemic has utterly changed virtually all aspects of urban life, both now and for the foreseeable future. Cities like Detroit – before the crisis, arguably on the brink of a rebound -- now must make a wide range of adjustments in programs and initiatives in their quest for equit...

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Plotting the Planet’s Urban Future

Land Matters - February 26, 2020 21:34 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Financing urban infrastructure and promoting decent, affordable housing were both big topics at the United Nations global cities summit, the World Urban Forum, recently held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Architect and urban planner Claudio Acioly helps explain the worldwide effort to impro...

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In Praise of Global Agreements

Land Matters - January 31, 2020 19:10 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
The new year is a time to set goals for the future. But what happens when an entire planet tries to make a common pledge? Economist and Lincoln Institute President George W. “Mac” McCarthy takes stock of an impressive roster of global agreements, from the ozone-repairing Montreal Protocol to t...

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Hartford is Ready for a Reboot

Land Matters - December 18, 2019 14:44 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
A classic post-industrial city on the brink of bankruptcy, Hartford, Connecticut has overhauled its zoning and turned abandoned factories into craft breweries and makers spaces. Can the city be just as creative in replacing a crumbling 1960s-era highway through downtown? Planning commissioner Sa...

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Designing the Future City

Land Matters - November 19, 2019 20:36 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Cities around the world are hard at work on traffic congestion. Boston has established multi-modal street layouts and special drop-off zones for Uber and Lyft in high-volume areas such as around Fenway Park, for example. But the task is about to get more complex, with the advent of driverless ve...

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The (Late) Great Climate Change Mobilization

Land Matters - October 23, 2019 15:56 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Climate change can seem like an insurmountable challenge. But many tools and policies to decarbonize the economy and build resilience are readily available, says Billy Fleming, director of The McHarg Center and one of the editors of the new Lincoln Institute book Design with Nature Now. The gre...

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Moves by Minneapolis

Land Matters - September 30, 2019 18:49 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Minneapolis may seem like an unlikely place for the start of a revolution. But as City Councilor Lisa Bender explains, the Midwestern city has passed some of the most progressive housing policies and zoning reforms in the country. The measures, including banning single-family-only zoning, are ba...

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Solutions in Slums

Land Matters - August 26, 2019 18:18 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Slums have been a feature of cities for centuries, and accelerating global urbanization has led to an unprecedented number of people living in substandard conditions. Cities have responded with a range of policies including eviction and relocation. But some suggest that cities should stop thinki...

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Water Meets Land

Land Matters - July 18, 2019 21:12 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Episode 3: Water Meets Land As the global water crisis intensifies, the Colorado River Basin is poised to become a model for how to bring together stakeholders representing agriculture, urban areas, and the natural environment. In this episode, we’ve put together highlights and takeaways from t...

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Yes in My Backyard

Land Matters - June 11, 2019 20:21 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Those in the “Yes in My Backyard” or YIMBY movement have a simple goal: increase the supply of housing in cities across the US, and sky-high prices should come down. But they face a growing backlash from neighborhood activists fearful of gentrification and displacement. In California, a bill to ...

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Let's Talk TIF

Land Matters - May 23, 2019 02:46 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
Tax increment financing is one of the most widely used – and least understood – public finance mechanisms in the U.S. today. David Merriman, author of the Lincoln Institute report Improving TIF for Economic Development, talks about what communities can do to avoid the pitfalls. For further read...



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Introduction to the Nitrogen Cycle

Ecosystems, climate, society - January 18, 2016 13:15 - 55 minutes - Video
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International Climate Policy

Ecosystems, climate, society - January 18, 2016 10:34 - 1 hour - Video
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