ABSTRACT
First Published in 2011. The purposes of this book are to analyze and describe the National Resources Planning Board (NRPB) and its direct predecessor agencies in the setting of their times, and to draw any lessons their experience offers us today. Resources for the Future (RFF) has a long tradition of conducting studies of government agencies that administer natural resource programs and policies. This book is in the RFF tradition of institutional studies with exhaustive coverage of an agency no longer in existence to anticipate emerging problems and provide a comprehensive viewpoint of its successes and failures. The audience for this book are all persons interested in government, natural resources, economic and social studies, and in planning generally.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |18 pages
An Overview
part |18 pages
Origin and Setting
chapter |9 pages
The Situation From Which the Board Arose
chapter |7 pages
Predecessors of the Board
part |68 pages
History, Organization, Operation
chapter |13 pages
The Evolution of the Board and Its Predecessor Agencies
chapter |20 pages
Actors in the Board's Operations
chapter |14 pages
Organization, Structure, and Functioning
chapter |19 pages
The Roles Played by the Board
part |82 pages
Substantive Fields and Activities
chapter |18 pages
NRPB Reports Concerning Natural Resources
chapter |19 pages
NRPB Reports Concerning People and Their Lives
chapter |14 pages
NRPB Economic Inquiries and Reports
chapter |7 pages
NRPB Concerns With Transportation and Urban Structure
chapter |11 pages
NRPB Reports on Planning
chapter |11 pages
The NRPB as War and Postwar Planner
part |36 pages
The NRPB in the Structure of American Government
chapter |10 pages
The NRPB in Relation to State and Regional Planning Organizations
chapter |9 pages
The NRPB and Other Executive Branch Agencies
chapter |6 pages
The NRPB and FDR
chapter |9 pages
The NRPB and Congress
part |63 pages
Demise and Legacy