Topic
urban development
222 published works
Real Estate & Construction
After the Dust Settles: Implications of Continued Development in South Florida
To say South Florida’s real estate market is “booming” would be an understatement. The massive interest in development throughout Miami and its surrounding cities continues to increase. To quantify just…
Land Use Prof Blog
Study Space IX: Cape Town: Revaluing the City: Land, Infrastructure and the Environment as a Catalyst for Change
Study Space IX: Cape Town View this email in your browserStudy Space IX: Cape Town Revaluing the City: Land, Infrastructure and the Environment as a Catalyst for Change Monday, June 27-Friday, July 1 • Cape…
PropertyProf Blog
Call for Papers: The Future of Detroit
The University of Detroit Mercy Law Review is celebrating its 100th anniversary with an academic Symposium to be held on March 4, 2016. This Symposium will showcase the past, present,…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
CFP: University of Detroit Mercy Law Review Symposium on “The Past, Present, and Future of the City of Detroit”
The University of Detroit Mercy Law Review has posted a call for papers for its 100th Anniversary symposium on the past, present, and future of the City of Detroit. According…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Call for Papers: Past, Present, and Future of the City of Detroit Symposium
The University of Detroit Mercy Law Review is celebrating its 100th anniversary with an academic Symposium to be held on March 4, 2016. This Symposium will showcase the past, present,…
PropertyProf Blog
Will One Man Own Detroit?
The Detroit Free Press takes a long look at Quicken Loans' Dan Gilbert, who is buying up huge chunks of downtown Detroit:This month marks the five-year anniversary of Gilbert's move…
Land Use Prof Blog
Northeastern Law School Conference on Tackling the Urban Core Puzzle.
Northeastern Law School just announced a conference on the Urban Core as part of their Legal Scholarship 4.0 series. There is also a junior works-in-progress event associated with this conference…
Land Use Prof Blog
Tough TIF Talk in Chicago
The Chicago Tribune's (sub. reqd.) op-ed today is on TIF in the Windy City:When Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced two years ago he would use tax increment financing money to buy…
PropertyProf Blog
Bronin on Energy Production in Cities
Sara Bronin (Connecticut) has posted Energy in the Ecopolis (Environmental Law Reporter) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Climate change, resource scarcity, and environmental degradation demand a paradigm shift in urban development.…
PropertyProf Blog
Can a Land Tax Fix Problems of Inequality?
Slate brings the ideas of Henry George to the fore:To see a good argument for a land tax, look to any high-cost city where the tax code penalizes construction and…