New directions in water resources planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / / Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Project Planning Procedures, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778755203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1999
• ISBN: 0-309-17404-X; 0-309-57005-0; 0-585-06859-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (120 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 333.91/00973
• Soggetti: Water resources development - United States - Planning
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-89).
• Nota di contenuto: ""New Directions in Water Resources Planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Evolution of Corps Programs and Federal Water Policies""; ""EARLY CORPS ACTIVITIES IN THE NATION'S RIVER BASINS""; ""The 1899 River and Harbor Act""; ""The Federal Water Power Act of 1920""; ""New Deal Planning""; ""The Flood Control Act of 1936""; ""The Federal Interagency River Basin Committee""; ""FEDERAL WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AT MID-CENTURY""; ""The Cooke Commission""; ""The Green Book""; ""Circular A-47""; ""Senate Document 97""; ""THE U.S. WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL AND TITLE II RIVER BASIN COMMISSIONS"" ""The Water Resources Council""; ""Title II River Basin Commissions""; ""PROGRAM REDUCTION, 1970-1985""; ""2 The Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and Other Legislative and Administrative Initiatives""; ""IMPLICATIONS OF WRDA '86 AND OTHER WRDAS""; ""Cost-Sharing Provisions of WRDA '86""; ""Broadening the Scope of Corps Water Planning""; ""RISK AND UNCERTAINTY ISSUES""; ""The Corps' Past Treatment of Risk and Uncertainty""; ""Current Corps Policies""; ""Use of Risk Analysis""; ""Environmental Risk Assessment and Restoration Projects"" ""Adaptive ; Environmental Assessment and Management""; ""Climate Change""; ""3 Assessment of the Corps' Planning Processes""; ""THE CORPS PLANNING PROCESS""; ""The Reconnaissance Phase""; ""The Feasibility Phase""; ""Preconstruction Engineering and Design and the Chief's Report""; ""TYPES, LENGTH, AND COSTS OF CORPS PLANNING STUDIES""; ""Length of Corps Planning Studies""; ""Costs of Corps Planning Studies""; ""FEDERAL BUDGETING AND AUTHORIZATION""; ""STREAMLINING THE PLANNING PROCESS""; ""COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""COMMENTARY""; ""4 Gaps Between Practices and Principles: Adjusting Planning and Guidance"" ""WATER RESOURCE PLANNING PRINCIPLES""; ""Watershed, Basinwide, and Regional Perspectives""; ""Comprehensiveness""; ""Criteria and Procedures""; ""REGIONAL-SCALE PLANNING""; ""PARTNERSHIP PLANNING""; ""REDUCING THE NATION'S FLOOD DAMAGES: POLICY AND PROCEDURAL ISSUES""; ""Policy issues: Cost-sharing""; ""Procedural Issues: Possible Biases Against Nonstructural Projects""; ""OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: THE NEED FOR ASSESSMENTS""; ""5 The Corps' Environmental Protection and Restoration Programs""; ""INTEGRATING ECOLOGY INTO WATER RESOURCES PLANNING""""VALUING THE BENEFITS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS""; ""OPTIONS FOR THE CORPS""; ""CHOOSING PROJECT ALTERNATIVES""; ""THE CURRENT DEBATE OVER PROJECT EVALUATION""; ""MEASURING ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS AND COSTS""; ""OTHER ISSUES""; ""6 Recommendations""; ""INTERNAL ORGANIZATION""; ""EXTERNAL ISSUES""; ""RELATIONS WITH LOCAL SPONSORS""; ""ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY""; ""References""; ""List of Acronyms ""; ""Appendix A Planning Guidance Letter 97-10, Shortening the Planning Process""; ""Appendix B Cost Analysis of Selected Studies, 1986-1996""; ""Appendix C List of Conditional Authorization Projects in WRDA '96""