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The Federal Role in Small Area Planning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Neil R. Cook
Neil R. Cook*
Affiliation:
Natural Resource Economics Division, Economic Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Little Rock, Arkansas
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Water resource planning is accomplished at several levels—individual projects and small watersheds, sub-basins, regional framework plans, and finally, national planning at the Water Resource Council and congressional committee levels, in ascending geographic scope. All planning efforts are in some measure guided by the statement in Senate Document 97 that, “All viewpoints (national, regional, state and local) shall be fully considered and taken into account in planning resource use and development”. However, the consideration of various viewpoints does not necessarily make them compatible. A plan once formulated favors a particular point of view over others. The local point of view generally carries more weight than the national point of view because: (1) more projects can be justified on the basis of their net value to local interests rather than the public at large, and (2) the local economic effects of a project are more readily identifiable and more easily analyzed than are the net national effects.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , December 1970 , pp. 129 - 132
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1970

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References

1. 87th Congress, 2nd Session, Policies, Standards, and Procedures in the Formation, Evaluation, and Review of Plans for Use and Development of Water and Related Land Resources, S.D. 97, 1962.Google Scholar
2. Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, Public Law 90-577, Sec. 3-2, Title III.Google Scholar
3. Special Task Force Report to Water Resources Council, Procedures for Evaluation of Water and Related Land Resource Projects, June 1969.Google Scholar