Rendering of Fairfax Crest, a 279-unit affordable housing complex on public land in Fairfax County, Virginia, which will have 15,000 square feet of retail including a daycare.

Land Lines

Current Issue: 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.

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April 2014

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.

January 2014

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.

October 2013

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.

July 2013

In this issue, we feature articles on a megaproject to transform Puerto Madero, in Buenos Aires, Argentina; the conservation efforts of Kenyon College; and ongoing research into the role of government in successful post-disaster recovery efforts.

April 2013

This issue explores how, in recent years, the United Kingdom has imposed land-based taxes on the Crown’s properties in order to help fund local public services; the variability of types, and determinants of success, of land trusts in the United States; and an analysis of institutional and legal planning frameworks both here and in Europe.

January 2013

This issue features articles on the use of payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) in Boston, tools to help communities in the Intermountain West plan for climate change and increase community resilience, and bus rapid transit (BRT) in Latin American cities.