The need for regional economic models for benefit-cost evaluation of non-federally financed water plans is discussed. Input-output, econometric, and widely used programming methods all have shortcomings. A conceptual framework is proposed to measure Regional Economic Development (RED) benefits...

1. Support for environmental policy decisions -- 2. History and scope of TCM -- 3. Demand theory and TCM -- 4. Benefits theory and TCM -- 5. Design principles for TCMs -- 6. Design and administration of surveys -- 7. Measurement of the variables -- 8. Data management and analysis -- 9....

Integrated hydrologic and economic optimization models at the basin scale provide a framework for policy design, implementation, and evaluation in water-stressed basins. Despite the considerable potential that basin scale analysis offers, few basin-wide studies have examined tradeoffs among...

Economically efficient natural resource policy requires the comprehensive management of environmental improvements over a system of sites. Use of multisite demand and benefit models can reduce the number and cost of environmental program contradictions. In this paper we present a multisite...