Dr. Gerrit Knaap, Principal Investigator
University of Maryland, National Center for Smart Growth

Dr. Zorica Nedović-Budić, Principal Investigator
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of Urban & Regional Planning

Sponsors:

Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, Cambridge, Massachusetts
US Department of Housing & Urban Development
US Department of Transportation

The National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education at the University of Maryland and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are working collectively on the project entitled Monitoring Urban Land Markets for Environmental Protection, Transportation Efficiency, Housing Affordability, and Economic Growth. In the first phase of this project the Co-Pis conducted a web-based identification of the availability of GIS data and capacity to monitor various aspects of urban growth and land markets at the metropolitan level. Information was requested nationally from about 400 metropolitan planning organizations and regional planning agencies.

Regional GIS Web Form (PDF)

Power Point Presentation (PDF)

PROJECT REPORT (PDF)

Appendix C: Web Form (PDF)

Appendix E: Profiles of Metropolitan Areas

Appendix F: Frequency of Updating and Assembling of Data Themes

Appendix G: Top 50 Data

Presentation at the Geographic Information Science Conference, Aldephi, Maryland, October 20-23, 2004