Editors
Mark D. Shroder
Michelle P. Matuga
Symposium
Guest Editor's Introduction
Richard C. Feiock, Christopher Coutts
How Are U.S. Cities Doing Sustainability? Who Is Getting on the
Sustainability Train, and Why?
James H. Svara, Tanya C. Watt, and Hee Soun Jang
Local Sustainability Policies and Programs As Economic Development: Is the
New Economic Development Sustainable Development?
Kent E. Portney
Policy Integration for Sustainable Development and the Benefits of Local
Adoption
Christopher V. Hawkins and XiaoHu Wang
Promoting Sustainable Land Development Patterns Through Impact Fee
Programs
Gregory S. Burge and Keith R. Ihlanfeldt
Partisanship and Local Climate Policy
Elisabeth R. Gerber
The Motivations Behind Municipal Climate Engagement: An Empirical Assessment
of How Local Objectives Shape the Production of a Public Good
Rachel M. Krause
Understanding City Engagement in Community-Focused Sustainability
Initiatives
Dorothy M. Daley, Elaine B. Sharp, and Jungah Bae
Contrasting Capacities From City to International Levels of Government in
Addressing Climate and Energy Issues
Christopher M. Weible and Dallas Elgin
Public Risks and the Challenges to Climate-Change Adaptation:
A Proposed Framework for Planning in the Age of Uncertainty
Philip Berke and Ward Lyles
Social Actors and Key Policy Levers for Mitigating the Greenhouse Gas
Footprint of U.S. Cities
Anu Ramaswami
Local Governments and Sustainable Development From a Latin American
Perspective
Edgar E. Ramírez de la Cruz
Point of Contention: Property Taxes
Three Points in Favor, One Big Flaw
Richard K. Green
A Convenient Truth: Property Taxes and Revenue Stability
James Alm
Usually the Best Available Tax, but It’s a Complex Question
Andrew Reschovsky
The Property Tax Is a Bad Tax, but It Need Not Be
Keith R. Ihlanfeldt
Refereed Papers
The Market for Real Estate Brokerage Services in Low- and High-Income
Neighborhoods: A Six-City Study
Aaron Yelowitz, Frank Scott, and Jason Beck
Departments
Data Shop: Psychometrics of Housing Quality Measurement in the American
Housing Survey
Sandra J. Newman and Philip M.E. Garbodeny
Industrial Revolution: Reducing Appliance Backdrafting Risks With
HVAC-Integrated Makeup Air Systems
Mike Turns
Policy Brief: The HEARTH Act
Steve Berg
Policy Brief: The Small Area FMR Demonstration
Peter B. Kahn and Geoffrey B. Newton
SpAM: Modeling Population Settlement Patterns Using a Density Function
Approach: New Orleans Before and After Hurricane Katrina
Fahui Wang and Weijie Wang
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