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Presentation | 2015

The Diminishing Returns to Density: Built form and soft infrastructure costs

Murtaza Haider
Conventional wisdom and the literature in urban planning suggest that high density built form is preferable to low density because it is more environmentally sustainable and results in lower hard infrastructure costs. This presentation entertains the other side of the argument: that high density built form can increase soft infrastructure costs.
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Presentation | 2015

Urban and Transport Planning: The Grand Paris Project Example

Catherine Barbé
In this presentation, Catherine Barbé, the Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Société du Grand Paris, explored about some of her experience and strategies with the implementation of the Grand Paris project, and insights and lessons on further integrating the Paris metropolitan region.
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Presentation | 2015

Land Value Capture in Canada: Some Applications

David Amborski
Generally understood as a way of allowing the public to benefit from rising land values that result from government investments in infrastructure, or from administrative or regulatory changes in land uses, land value capture can take many different forms. In this presentation, David Amborski discussed the use of land value capture in Canada.
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Presentation | 2015

Value Capture: A Land Based Tool to Finance Urban Development

Martim Smolka
Generally understood as a way of allowing the public to benefit from rising land values that result from government investments in infrastructure, or from administrative or regulatory changes in land uses, land value capture can take many different forms. In this presentation, Martim Smolka spoke about the theory and practice of land value capture as it has been implemented in Latin America.
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