Analytical Methods and Approaches for Water Resources Project PlanningNational Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Ocean Studies Board, Water Science and Technology Board, Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning, Panel on Methods and Techniques of Project Analysis National Academies Press, 2004. gada 30. aug. - 165 lappuses Analytical Methods and Approaches for Water Resources Project Planningis part of a larger study that was conducted in response to a request from the U.S. Congress in the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 for the National Academy of Sciences to review the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's peer review methods and analytical approaches. This report reviews the Corps' analytical procedures and planning methods, largely in the context of the federal Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies, also known as the Principles and Guidelines or "P and G" (P&G), as well as the Corps' Planning Guidance Notebook (PGN). |
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... flood control and navigation purposes. At the same time, environmental and taxpayer groups express concerns about these projects in Congress and in the courts. Some of these groups have exposed technical errors in analyses that have ...
... floods, better management of flood risks was a high priority. During the middle of the twentieth century, concepts of multi-purpose projects and river basin planning were viewed as central means for promoting economic development, among ...
... floods across the country in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Congress passed the Flood Control Act of 1936, which made flood management a federal responsibility. This act also enshrined the practice of weighing a proposed project's ...
... Flood Control Act is best known for its requirement that “ . . . the Federal Government should improve or participate in improvements . . . for flood control purposes if the benefits to whomsoever they accrue are in excess of the ...
... Flood Control Act of 1970 included congressional “intent” that the four objectives be equal. In 1973, the Principles and Standards for Planning Water and Related Land Resources (P&S) document was published in the Federal Register (WRC ...
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3 Assessing Benefits and Costs of Corps Projects | 38 |
4 Stakeholder Participation | 73 |
5 Engineering | 87 |
6 A New National Water Management Framework | 98 |
7 Revising Corps of Engineers Planning Studies | 109 |
Appendixes | 127 |
Appendix A Water Resources Development Act 2000 Public Law No 106541 of the 106th Congress | 129 |
Appendix B Corps Divisions and Districts | 132 |
Appendix C Office of Management and Budgets Guidance on Nonmarket Valuation Techniques | 134 |
Appendix D Analysis of Nonstructural Flood Damage Reduction | 136 |
Appendix E Army Corps of Engineers Planning Center of Expertise | 138 |
Appendix F Rosters | 142 |
Appendix G Biographical Information of Panel Members and Staff | 147 |