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Environmental Considerations in Water Resources Planning by the Bureau of Reclamation
The extent to which environmental factors influence decision making at the project planning level in offices of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is examined. An effort was made to determine the extent to which the hypotheses suggested by previous Stanford research on the Corps of Engineers and the Soil Conservation Service were relevant to the planning of water resources projects by the Bureau. The research consisted of casting these hypotheses in operational terms and subjecting them to testing by examining them in the light of information on 29 Bureau planning investigations carried out by 12 Bureau offices. The way in which water resources development planning is currently conducted in the regional and field offices of the Bureau is described. A discussion is presented on the three dependent variables defined and measured in this investigation: the formulation of alternatives, the ranking of alternatives, and the modification of a Congressionally authorized plan. Hypothesized relationships between the dependent variables and each of the independent variables (organization, external coordination, timing, and attitudes) are reviewed and the results of testing those hypotheses using the case studies are presented.
Environmental Considerations in Water Resources Planning by the Bureau of Reclamation
The extent to which environmental factors influence decision making at the project planning level in offices of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is examined. An effort was made to determine the extent to which the hypotheses suggested by previous Stanford research on the Corps of Engineers and the Soil Conservation Service were relevant to the planning of water resources projects by the Bureau. The research consisted of casting these hypotheses in operational terms and subjecting them to testing by examining them in the light of information on 29 Bureau planning investigations carried out by 12 Bureau offices. The way in which water resources development planning is currently conducted in the regional and field offices of the Bureau is described. A discussion is presented on the three dependent variables defined and measured in this investigation: the formulation of alternatives, the ranking of alternatives, and the modification of a Congressionally authorized plan. Hypothesized relationships between the dependent variables and each of the independent variables (organization, external coordination, timing, and attitudes) are reviewed and the results of testing those hypotheses using the case studies are presented.
Environmental Considerations in Water Resources Planning by the Bureau of Reclamation
J. E. Price (author) / L. Ortolano (author)
1978
306 pages
Report
No indication
English
Natural Resource Management , Water Pollution & Control , Public Administration & Government , Project planning , Water resources , Management , Appraisals , Decision making , Organizations , Ranking , Environmental surveys , Attitudes , Organizational charts , Citizen participation , Statistical tests , Interest groups , National government , Bureau of Reclamation
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