ABSTRACT
Little empirical evidence has been reported to support or deny this belief in a positive role for land information in land use decision-making in the contemporary US local government context. Zwart (1991) defined indicators of the impacts on decision-making, though noted operational difficulties in using them. A theoretical model of the role of information in local land use planning was developed by Knapp et al. (1998). They explicitly looked at the effect of information about local government infrastructure investments and land use regulations on the timing of development decisions. Their study did show that information modifies development decisions. However, the models were limited to interaction between local government and developers; it did not account for all the other actors in
development decisions, particularly actors who could be more influential if empowered by information.
