Inland Navigation System Planning - National Academy of Sciences U.S.
The Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway
KORTE INHOUD
In 1988, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began an investigation of the benefits and costs of extending several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) in order to relieve increasing waterway congestion, particularly for grain moving to New Orleans for export. With passage of the Flood Control Act of 1936, Congress required that the Corps conduct a benefit-cost analysis as part of its water resources project planning; Congress will fund water resources projects only if a project's benefits exceed its costs. As economic analysis generally, and benefit-cost analysis in particular, has become more sophisticated, and as environmental and social considerations and analysis have become more important, Corps planning studies have grown in size and complexity. The difficulty in commensurating market and nonmarket costs and benefits also presents the Corps with a significant challenge. The Corps' analysis of the UMR-IWW has extended over a decade, has cost roughly $50 mill...
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2001Uitgever: National Academy Press112 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0309074053ISBN-13: 9780309074056Koop dit boek tweedehands
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(XIV) 115 p. Paperback (In good condition.) Washington, National Academy Press 2001 [Auteur: National Research Council] [Jaar: 2001] [Titel: Inland Navigation System Planning. The Upper Mississippi River - Illinois Waterway]
