Land Lines July 2011
Features
Climate change represents a significant challenge to the continued development of the Pearl River Delta, given its coastal geography, population density, and intense economic development and infrastructure.
With many funders and public partners seeking to focus on collaborative, landscape-scale conservation efforts, the land trust community has an excellent opportunity to leverage its good work by engaging in more partnerships.
The application of the principle of the social function of property, embedded in the 2002 Strategic Master Plan for São Paulo, enabled the enactment of municipal legislation that clearly separates the right of ownership from the right to build.
A Rough Road Ahead
As both the national economy and local government revenues recover, a key priority will be to balance expenditures between current services and longer-term investments in infrastructure.
