May 31, 2024
Recommendation | Liu Zhi: Exploring Ethical Issues in Urban Planning from an ...
Editor’s NoteTo better disseminate scholars’ research findings, we will irregularly publish condensed highlights of accepted papers that have not yet been formally printed for readers’ reference. This article is an abridged version of the accepted manuscript Exploring Ethical Issues in Urban Planning from an Epistemological Perspective published in Urban Planning International (UPI), with release ...
Apr 22, 2024
Recommendation | Liu Wei: Aligning Fiscal Governance with Urban Planning to A...
Liu WeiSenior Policy Research Fellow, Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land PolicyFiscal governance and urban planning are closely interconnected both theoretically and practically. Realizing effective coordination between the two will greatly boost sustainable urban development across China. The relationship between fiscal systems and urban planning can be elaborated ...
Apr 15, 2024
Recommendation | Urban Planners Must Be Adept at Economic Accounting
Liu ZhiDirector, Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land PolicyChina’s urbanization has entered a stage of high-quality development, raising a critical question: when outlining visions for urban development, should planners estimate economic costs? The answer is an unambiguous yes, because planning implementation is constrained by fiscal capacity. Plans formulated ...
Aug 22, 2022
Lincoln Feature | Infrastructure Investment Appraisal, Biases and Politics
Given the enormous costs of infrastructure investment, careful selection of projects is critically important. Three chapters from the book Infrastructure Economics and Policy: International Perspectives published by the Lincoln Institute explain how cost-benefit analysis has become a nearly universal evaluation tool adopted by governments and international financial institutions, and how investment ...
Jun 13, 2022
Featured Article | How Should the Infrastructure Sector Cope with Radical Unc...
Authors: José Gómez-Ibáñez, Zhi LiuMajor trends and events including climate change, automation, the sharing economy and the COVID-19 pandemic have brought radical uncertainties to humanity. These factors not only affect the current operation of infrastructure, but will also shape its future development. The new book Infrastructure Economics and Policy: International Perspectives, published by the ...