Tracking Land Supply for Growth Management

Abstract Accurate land supply information often is the missing link in growth management programs. Properly designed computerized land record systems can perform a vital role by continuously tracking the changing attributes of vacant land supply. With this form of decision support, growth policies need not contribute to land and housing price inflation through overconstraining land supply. A national study of land supply monitoring systems documents their current status and emerging potential, and offers guidelines on overcoming both technical and institutional pitfalls involved in the initiation and use of such systems.