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.

This issue looks at obstacles to land reform and well-functioning property markets in Russia; land titling programs and credit access in the context of Peru’s informal land market; and challenges and historic roots of property rights and environmental planning in the U.S.