This issue explores land laws and illegal settlements in the context of urban development in Latin America; obstacles to the legalization of squatter settlements in Venezuela; natural disaster risk prevention strategies for Latin America; and how market value-based property taxes serve as local revenue sources for nations in Central and Eastern Europe.

This issue provides an overview of various property taxation methods utilized by European countries; an analysis of Latin America’s urban sprawl patterns and land regulation challenges; and a look at the planning and design of postwar suburbs and urban areas in the U.S. during the first half of the 20th century.