Land Lines Magazine

This issue explores the principal features and critical reform issues of Indiana’s property tax and assessment systems; new visions for regional planning in America; and spatially-based urban segregation patterns in metropolises around the world.

This issue looks at the need to redevelop low-value brownfield properties that are often neglected in marginal U.S. urban communities; and land policy issues tied to traditions of patrimonialism and rigid land regulation in Latin America.

This issue explores smart growth strategies, community development schemes, and other state planning methods used in the Northeast United States; as well as traditional approaches to land valuation and appraisal along with lessons from an Ohio county on new, computerized approaches to these mechanisms.