This issue looks at past, present, and future urban conditions in Cuba; value-based taxation prospects in Lithuania; reviving environmental regionalism in the U.S.; and the challenges and complexities of large urban projects in Latin America.

This issue explores the challenges of land and biodiversity conservation efforts in North America; the dynamics and characteristics of downtown areas in U.S. city centers; informal land markets and regularization policies in Brazil; and property taxation hurdles in post-Apartheid South Africa.