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SOCIAL WELL‐BEING AND WATER RESOURCES PLANNING 1
Author(s) -
Brown Leonard R.
Publication year - 1976
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.1752-1688.1976.tb00254.x
Subject(s) - water resources , business , state (computer science) , environmental planning , social benefits , natural resource economics , environmental economics , environmental science , computer science , economics , ecology , materials science , algorithm , tailings , metallurgy , biology
For many years, Federal water resources projects have been subjected to benefit‐cost analysis to establish their economic feasibility. Several years ago social well‐being was added as a consideration. This paper discusses the state‐of‐the‐art in analyzing and evaluating aspects of social well‐being. It stresses current short‐falls and advocates a direction for further efforts.