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Main Title Attitudes, Values, and Perceptions in Water Resource Decision-Making within a Metropolitan Area.
Author Kayno, Edward R. ; Howard, Irving ;
CORP Author Massachusetts Univ., Amherst. Water Resources Research Center
Year Published 1973
Report Number Completion-FY-73-6 ;Pub-29; DI-14-31-0001-3291; OWRR-B-018-MASS; 13008,; B-018-MASS(1)
Stock Number PB-222 523
Additional Subjects ( Water resources ; Decision making) ; ( Regional planning ; Water resources) ; Attitude surveys ; Government policies ; Local government ; Connecticut River Basin ; Communities ; Flood control ; Water quality ; Public opinion ; Citizen attitudes
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NTIS  PB-222 523 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The research project has attempted to penetrate some of the mystery surrounding the question of how water resource decisions are made in a typical metropolitan area in the Northeast. The project was initially undertaken within the framework of three generalizations derived from political and administrative sciences, namely, (1) that informal relationships significantly affect decisions (2) that in a democracy, those affected by decisions of government often have much to do with types of decisions made, and (3) that metropolitan areas, while truly metropolitan in terms of their social and economic interdependence, are nonetheless largely unable to realize their full social and economic potential because of the fragmentation of governmental units within their territorial scope. Research findings have generally supported the first and the third of these generalizations.