| To solve financial difficulties in local government, land use allocations are accepted as legitimate and logical approaches to avoid additional direct resident taxation. This study explores if existing land use allocations relate to local government revenue, and whether any variables or factors can effectively influence decisions to designate land use amounts. From an empirical analysis of primary data using path and regression analyses from local governments (universe of 766 with 200 responding AICP planning directors), local government revenue may be increased by modifying land use plans that add more residential and public land uses. Cities that have longer total length of roads have larger land areas containing commercial, industrial, public, residential, and utility uses. Cities with higher population densities have less commercial, industrial, and residential land use areas. A local government's total revenue can be raised by adding more infrastructure (total length of roads) and by reducing population density. This research provides important new findings supporting the importance of land use planning, and helps in developing usable land use planning criteria. |
