This issue looks at community development strategies involving anchor institutions; the policy challenges and legal issues of homeowner associations; and a national workshop focused on large landscape conservation.

This issue explores the dynamics of Beijing’s low-income rental housing market; a vision to revitalize Detroit by reclaiming vacant, blighted parcels for public use and open space; and the critical need for investments in functioning sewage systems and other basic infrastructure to manage Brazil’s rapid population growth.

This issue looks at walkability-focused revitalization strategies for lifeless suburban areas; winning projects—based in Manhattan, New Jersey, and elsewhere—of a federally-sponsored competition that promotes climate resilience and urban livability through innovative planning and design; and a two-day workshop on infrastructure for journalists at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.

This issue explores the support that Community Land Trusts can provide urban farmers as they grapple with land use, zoning, and property tax regulations; the financially burdensome British “window tax” of the 1600s; and the challenges of public land acquisitions in Latin America from the perspective of a socio-legal expert.

This issue explores the successes of three U.S. Intermountain West communities in remedying distressed land subdivisions; the distribution of residential wealth in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro, and the various factors that determine residential property values; and the detrimental effects of foreclosures on local government revenues, land values, and property taxes.

This issue looks at integrated coastal zone management tactics of Barbados; state-owned lands in the U.S. Intermountain West that offer opportunities for education-related funding and renewable energy creation; and the advantages and costs of property tax assessments that are intended to help preserve open space.