Pacific Southwest

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

Author: Oliveira, Ronald A.

Date: 1973

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

Station ID: GTR-PSW-005

Description: 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

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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.