Land Lines
This issue explores the redevelopment of public land for affordable housing, highlights the promising use of agrivoltaics, and spotlights a mayor from Alaska who is leading in a land of extremes.
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Lots of Opportunity: How Communities Can Address the Affordability Crisis on Land They Already Own
By Anthony Flint, April 15, 2026 -
Enabling Environments: Local Strategies for the Redevelopment of Public Land
By Loren Berlin, April 14, 2026 -
A New Ground Lease on Life: In Virginia, County-Owned Land Becomes a Site for Student and Senior Housing
By Jon Gorey, March 31, 2026
Spring/Summer 2026
This issue explores the redevelopment of public land for affordable housing, highlights the promising use of agrivoltaics, and spotlights a mayor from Alaska who is leading in a land of extremes.
Fall/Winter 2025
This issue explores how to make cities more sustainable without causing displacement, introduces a Colorado artist who draws inspiration from watershed health, and investigates how planners can use augmented reality to increase public engagement.
Spring/Summer 2025
The composition of US households is changing, and housing design should change along with it—so argues a feature article in this issue, which also includes an exploration of how communities are preparing to handle climate migration and a look at the land conservation legacy of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Fall/Winter 2024
This issue includes an exploration of the historic federal investment in clean energy manufacturing in legacy cities, a photographic guide to density, and conversations with researchers who are past recipients of Lincoln Institute fellowships.
Spring/Summer 2024
This issue explores cities rethinking street surfaces in response to climate change, factors influencing home buyers to consider climate risk, the work of Seattle’s Black Home Initiative to address affordability and inequity, and more.
Fall/Winter 2023
In this issue, planners discuss the steps they’re taking to address the profession’s legacy of inequity; local residents and leaders in Burlington, Vermont, reflect on an ambitious effort to preserve affordable housing in the Old North End neighborhood; and we spotlight surprising natural climate solutions, from coastal salt marshes to caribou herds.