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NEW APPROACHES TO COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING IN CANADA 1
Author(s) -
Forbes F. J.,
Hodges R. C.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1971.tb05026.x
Subject(s) - legislation , function (biology) , environmental planning , government (linguistics) , resource (disambiguation) , set (abstract data type) , business , water resources , management science , computer science , environmental resource management , operations research , political science , engineering , geography , environmental science , computer network , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , evolutionary biology , law , biology , programming language
. In 1970, the Canadian Federal Government passed the Canada Water Act which provides for a co‐operative federal‐provincial approach to water resource management. The purpose of this paper is to outline our definition of comprehensive planning and the approach being taken under the new legislation. Two basic premises underly the definition. They are that resource management consists of an array of problems and that the prime function of planning is to provide information for decision making. The definition of comprehensive planning is embodied in a general statement and a set of principles. The principles define the approach that should be taken to provide adequate information for decision making in today's complex environment. A brief resume of the jurisdictions for water management in Canada leads to a discussion of a joint federal‐provincial comprehensive study of the Qu'Appelle River Basin in Southern Saskatchewan. The basin and the study are described briefly. This is followed by an outline of the economic and social considerations which are being incorporated into the comprehensive planning study for the basin.