Systems analysis in land-use planning... a conceptual development

Ronald A. Oliveira

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Systems analysis in land-use planning... a conceptual development

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Ronald A. Oliveira

Year:

1973

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-5. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Exp. Stn. 8 p

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Abstract

A planning model in which social, economic, and environmental constraints are specified--especially in mathematical form--can be helpful in decisionmaking. The general structure of a land-use decision model approached through systems analysis is described. The proposed procedures emphasize the quantification of interrelationships between uses and the specification of preferences and goals. The complexity of land-use planning is illustrated by an account of how the model might be applied on a Forest Service Ranger District of a National Forest in Colorado.

Keywords

land-use decisionmaking, resource allocation, planning models, multiple-use management, systems analysis, Dillon Ranger District, Arapaho National Forest

Citation

Oliveira, Ronald A. 1973. Systems analysis in land-use planning... a conceptual development. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-5. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Exp. Stn. 8 p