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NON‐EFFICIENCY OBJECTIVES AND DECISION‐MAKING IN WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTS 1
Author(s) -
Vaut Gregory A.,
Willis Cleve E.
Publication year - 1973
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.1752-1688.1973.tb05856.x
Subject(s) - resource (disambiguation) , risk analysis (engineering) , water resources , resource planning , resource allocation , environmental economics , management science , computer science , business , economics , environmental resource management , computer network , ecology , biology
In spite of the rather large volume of literature suggesting that non‐efficiency objectives ought to be incorporated into water resource planning frameworks, little has been done to date. A partial explanation is that when goals are in conflict we have no “objective” criteria upon which to make the trade‐offs. Also, there are problems of measuring the degree to which various policy actions lead to achievement of various goals. Nevertheless, this paper argues that given the magnitude of the possible gains from incorporating these considerations, considerable effort to overcome these problems is justified. Accordingly, we outline some procedures for making these trade‐offs and suggest an alternative (practical) planning framework.