Matthew Matt Kiefer Real Estate Development/Land Use Green Business Public Law & Policy Medical, Educational and Cultural Institutions Climate Change Resilience attorney lawyer

Long-Form Thought Leadership

How Real Estate Development Can Boost Urban Health (with Adele Houghton) 

Stanford Social Innovation Review, September 2023​​​​​​ 


Zoning 3.0: Guiding Land Use in the Contemporary City in Idea City: How to Make Boston More Livable, Equitable, and Resilient. 

Idea City, May 2023


Navigating Rising Waters: The Public Waterfront Act 

The Boston Bar Journal, May 2018


Climate Change and Real Estate Development: Regulatory Experimentation in the Face of Uncertainty 

The Legal Impact of Climate Change, January 2011


Toward a Net Zero Carbon Planet: A Policy Proposal 

University of Colorado Law Review, October 2009


Public Planning and Private Initiative: The South Boston Waterfront 

Urban Planning Today, January 2006


Suburbia and Its Discontents: Notes from the Sprawl Debate

Sprawl and Suburbia, January 2005


Privatizing Creation of the Public Realm: The Fruits of New York City's Incentive Zoning Ordinance

Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, January 2001


The Public Trust Doctrine: State Limitations on Private Waterfront Development

Real Estate Law Journal, Fall 1987


Conservation Easements: Tax Benefits for Landowners 

Zoning and Planning Law Handbook, February 1987