The authors make a case for an American Land Records System (ALRS) that would bring fragmented and inconsistent land records spread across the country up to date. They cite numerous ongoing problems, caused largely by a separation of information about land features, on one hand, and information about property rights, on the other. A parallel separation of public and private management of land records supports the situation. The authors go on to examine American attitudes and practices with regard to land rights and land records administration through history. They present histories of the concept of land, of land records institutions, and of land governance. Finally, the authors describe the design and possible implementation of an ALRS for the United States of the 21st century. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Modernizing American Land Records: Order upon Chaos presents a design for a modern American land records system (ALRS) that provides material about both the nature and extent of land interests. This book discusses the history of American land concepts, land governance, and land records systems and their use. These institutional aspects are considered along with the nature and extent of location-oriented land data systems such as geographic and land information systems (GIS/LIS). The institutional and technical aspects are brought together in the design of a modern ALRS that is consistent with current attitudes, practices, and technological development.
Modernizing American Land Records: Order upon Chaos shows how geospatial technology collects, manages, analyzes, represents, and distributes land record data, including information about the nature of property rights.
