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INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS CRITERIA FOR WATER SUPPLY PLANNING 1
Author(s) -
Minton Gary R.,
Williams Richard,
Murdock Thomas
Publication year - 1980
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.1752-1688.1980.tb03902.x
Subject(s) - water supply , selection (genetic algorithm) , site selection , environmental economics , cost–benefit analysis , risk analysis (engineering) , business , environmental planning , operations research , computer science , environmental resource management , environmental science , engineering , economics , environmental engineering , political science , artificial intelligence , law
This paper discusses the selection and use of criteria for an institutional analysis of municipal water supply conducted in anchorage, Alaska. Although not universally acepted or used. evaluation criteria for most technical fields have been established either formally or informally. Cost‐benefit rtios, cost‐effectiveness, and environmental impacts are examples of technical evaluation criteria that can be quantified relatively easily (although poorly in some cases). The field of institutional analysis has evaluative criteria that are much less readily defined than those of technical fields, in part because many of the criteria are not quantifiable and in part because the area of the study is new.