LandWatch encourages
further examination of the costs and benefits of
growth, considering tax revenues, public services,
housing needs, environmental constraints,
infrastructure demands, and other planning issues.
Areas for future study include:
- Balance between jobs, housing construction,
residential zoning, and affordable housing.
- Availability of land within urban areas for
in-fill and redevelopment.
- Relationship between zoning, property taxes,
and the demand for public services.
- Relationship between tax revenues and
planning and community development.
- Distribution of tax revenues among local
jurisdictions.
- Per capita water consumption.
- Pollutants in rivers and Monterey Bay.
- Data on affordable housing needs (e.g.,
quantity and type of houses needed).
- Acreage of wetlands and other
environmentally sensitive areas.
- Distribution of rare, threatened, and
endangered species.
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