04866nam 2200565 a 450 991045568290332120200520144314.00-309-57005-00-585-06859-3(CKB)110986584752314(EBL)3376721(SSID)ssj0000210216(PQKBManifestationID)12021341(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000210216(PQKBWorkID)10283667(PQKB)10758600(MiAaPQ)EBC3376721(Au-PeEL)EBL3376721(CaPaEBR)ebr10056998(OCoLC)817960015(EXLCZ)9911098658475231419990129d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNew directions in water resources planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers[electronic resource] /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 CouncilWashington, D.C. National Academy Press19991 online resource (120 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-309-06097-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-89).""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""Water resources developmentUnited StatesPlanningElectronic books.Water resources developmentPlanning.333.91/00973MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455682903321New directions in water resources planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers2066726UNINA