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A PROCESS FOR FEDERAL WATER PLANNING AT THE FIELD LEVEL 1
Author(s) -
Ortolano Leonard
Publication year - 1974
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.1752-1688.1974.tb05637.x
Subject(s) - process (computing) , ranking (information retrieval) , plan (archaeology) , publics , field (mathematics) , process management , environmental planning , strategic planning , business , computer science , operations research , environmental resource management , environmental science , political science , engineering , geography , marketing , mathematics , law , archaeology , machine learning , politics , pure mathematics , operating system
A process for planning at the field offices of Federal water resources agencies is described. The process involve s both planners and publics in the following four planning activities: problem definition, formulation of alternatives, impact analysis and evaluation (or plan ranking). Evaluative factors are defied as the goals, concerns, constraints, etc. that affected publics and other decision makers consider in ranking alternative actions. These factors serve to drive the entire process and glue the four planning activities together. In contrast to other “models” of the planning process, the four activities are considered to be carried out simultaneously and continually from the beginning of the process. As the planning process proceeds, each activity is repeated a number of times at increasing levels of detail. Various aspects of the process are illustrated by means of an example involving water resources development in Carmel Valley, California.