This issue looks at land use efficiency, food security, and farmland preservation in China; and lessons learned about the effects of large-scale interventions on urban development in Brazil. It also attempts to answer the long-standing, critical question of who actually bears the burden of residential property taxes.

This issue looks at the need for regionalistic approaches to planning in New England and elsewhere in the U.S.; the goals and challenges of using territorial and multipurpose cadastres; and how tax increment financing can serve as a tool for local economic development in North America.