ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses all three features of multi-objective planning. These include: a set of national objectives; a set of accounts which display how and to what extent a given plan affects various areas of concern; and planning has different stages, from the initial general investigations to the last, detailed plan implementation. The chapter deals with national objectives and with a system of accounts, and the last with the Bureau of Reclamations's planning procedures. In order to evaluate the relative merits of alternative plans, the beneficial and adverse effects on economic development, environmental enhancement, regional development, and social well-being must be accounted for and displayed. The Social Well-Being Account is both quantitative and descriptive; it incorporates statistical data as necessary to show effects on the components, such as those on income distribution or on health and safety. The Regional Development account measures both monetary and nonmonetary effects.
