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A DUAL EFFORT HAS EMERGED THAT INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE TASK OF REDEFINING THE RANGE AND MAGNITUDE OF THE INTERRELATED EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE, BUT ALSO THE TASK OF DEVELOPING RELEVANT ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR ELUCIDATING THE INTERRELATIONS OF VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGE. THE EVOLUTION OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL POLICY ANALYSIS IS A LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANSITION FROM EVALUATING THE POLICIES OF SCARCITY TO CONSIDERING THAT OF ABUNDANCE. THE PRINCIPAL IMPACT OF THE TRANSITION TO THE ECONOMICS OF ABUNDANCE IS A LENGTHENING OF THE TIME SPAN OF ANALYSIS WITH GREATER EMPHASIS PLACED ON THE FUTURE. ANALYTICAL APPROACHES THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE DIVERSE MULTIDIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING PUBLIC POLICIES ARE NOW BEING RESEARCHED. THE SEVERAL APPROACHES TO PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS, INCLUDING THE PLANNING PROCESS, BUDGETARY PROCESS, AND PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS, WITH VARIOUS PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS, HAVE BEEN CONVERGING TOWARD A COMMON GOAL OF SEEKING COMMON DENOMINATORS FOR ASSESSING TRADE-OFFS AMONG MULTIDIMENSIONAL EFFECTS OF COMPLEX SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND PHYSICAL PHENOMENA. SPECIFIC KINDS OF ANALYTIC TOOLS ARE DISCUSSED AND APPRAISED. THE FOOD CONTROL ACT OF 1936, AND THE APPROACH OF THE WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL ARE DISCUSSED. TECHNIQUES FOR APPRAISING THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC INVESTMENTS ARE NOT SUFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED. THE EMPHASIS ON SHORT-RUN CRISISES AND COMPARTMENTALIZED POLICY PROBLEMS WITHIN NARROW SPHERES OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE HAS PREVENTED ADEQUATE ATTENTION FROM BEING PLACED ON THE COMPLEX INTERRELATIONS OF THE VARIOUS PHENOMENA OVER TIME. RESEARCH IN THE IDENTIFICATION AND MEASUREMENT OF RELEVANT ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS IN ASSESSING TRADE-OFFS AMONG THESE EFFECTS IS URGED.

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Highway Research Board Special Report

5th Summer Meeting of the Highway Research Board

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Analysis; Assessments; Benefits; Budgeting; Economic factors; Environmental impacts; Highways; Investments; Methodology; Physical condition; Policy; Public relations; Research; Social values; Socioeconomic factors; Variables

Future growth; Public support

Economics; Environment; Finance; Highways; Policy; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society

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Jan 11 1974 12:00AM

• ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE VISUAL QUALITY OF ROADWAY DESIGN
• ACTION STRATEGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES - BIOLOGICAL VALUES
• ACTION STRATEGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES - CONSERVATION: AN OVERVIEW
• ACTION STRATEGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES - RECREATIONAL VALUES
• ACTION STRATEGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES-HISTORIC AND PREHISTORIC VALUES
• ACTION STRATEGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES-INTRODUCTION
• AESTHETICS IN STRUCTURES
• AMERICA'S HIGHWAYS: WHERE ARE THEY TAKING THE ENVIRONMENT?
• CASE STUDY OF THE MILWAUKEE-GREEN BAY INTERSTATE CORRIDOR LOCATION
• CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
• COMPUTER-AIDED TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR SELECTION IN THE GUELPH-DUNDAS AREA OF ONTARIO
• CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT: ENVIRONMENTAL TOOLS FOR PROGRESS OR DESTRUCTION
• EFFECT OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT VIBRATIONS ON NEARBY BUILDINGS
• EFFECTS OF CHANNELIZATION ON THE AQUATIC LIFE OF STREAMS
• ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS FOR HIGHWAY ORGANIZATIONS
• ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM
• INCORPORATING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN HIGHWAY PLANNING AND DESIGN
• NONCHEMICAL MEANS OF PEST MANAGEMENT IN THE HIGHWAY LANDSCAPE
• POLLUTION: SOURCES AND SOLUTIONS IN BITUMINOUS CONSTRUCTION
• PRESERVATION OF LANDSCAPE FEATURES
• THE "NO-BUILD" ALTERNATIVE: WHAT IT IS, WHY IT IS NECESSARY, AND HOW IT CAN BE HANDLED
• THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND VISUAL QUALITY
• THE MOANALUA CORRIDOR: ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ALONG THE PROPOSED ROUTE OF HAWAII INTERSTATE H-3
• VISUAL QUALITY AND THE MOTORIST
• WHAT IS A GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT?