Policy Monitor: U.S. Experience with Transferable Development Rights

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Date

June 1, 2009

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Margaret A. Walls and Virginia McConnell

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Margaret A. Walls

Senior Fellow; Director, Climate Risks and Resilience Program

Margaret Walls is a senior fellow at RFF. Her current research focuses on issues related to resilience and adaptation to extreme events, ecosystem services, and conservation, parks and public lands.

Virginia McConnell

Senior Fellow Emerita

Virginia McConnell is a senior fellow at RFF. Her recent research is on policies to reduce greenhouse gases from the transportation sector, focusing primarily on the role of electric vehicles.

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