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Economics and Resource Planning Group
Reports and Publications
This is a partial list of manuals and reports from the Economics and Resource Planning Group. Links are to pdf files.
| Title | Author, Date |
| A Managed Flood on the Colorado River: Background, Objectives, Design, and Implementation | Harpman et al. |
| Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado-New Mexico, Economic and Financial Analysis Update | June 1995 |
| Assessing the Short-Run Economic Cost of Environmental Constraints on Hydropower Operations at Glen Canyon Dam | Harpman, August 1999 |
| Benefits from Including Wetland Component in Water Supply Projects | Piper and Platt, July/August 1998 |
| Benefits Transfer Approach to Estimating Recreation Value | Platt, September 1996 |
| Contingent Valuation Method | Ekstrand and Draper, May 2000 |
| Decision Process Guidebook | Coulter and Larsen, 2002 |
| Dolores Project, Colorado, Final Cost Allocation | |
| Economic Analysis of Dam Decommissioning (350k pdf) | Platt, March 2003 |
| The Economic Cost of the 1996 Controlled Flood | Harpman, 1999 |
| Economic Nonmarket Valuation of Instream Flows (330k pdf) | Platt, April 2001 |
| Estimating Economic Consequences From Dam Failure in the Safety of Dams Program (415k pdf) | Ekstrand, September 2000 |
| Estimating Fishery Economic Use Values (245k pdf) | Platt, January 2008 |
| Estimating Future Recreation Demand: A Decision Guide for the Practitioner (pdf) | Haas, G.E., M.D. Wells, V. Lovejoy, and D. Welch. January 2007. |
| Estimating Future Water Demand Using Population and Economic Growth Projections: A Guide for Municipal, Rural and Industrial (MR&I) Water Assessments | Piper, November 2000 |
| Estimating Regional Economic Impacts in an Economic Analysis | Piper, November 2000 |
| Evaluating the Accuracy of the Benefit Transfer Method: A rural water supply application in the USA | Piper, ? |
| Forecasting Changes in Site-Specific Recreation Use | Platt, September 1996 |
| Glen Canyon Dam, Beach/Habitat-Building Test Flow—An Ex-Post Analysis of Hydropower Cost | Harpman, April 1997 |
| Glen Canyon Dam, Colorado River Storage Project, Arizona—The Short-Run Economic Cost of Environmental Constraints on Hydropower Operations (603k pdf) | Harpman June 1997 |
| Handbook for Estimating the Economic Value of Changes in Fish and Wildlife-Related Resources | Ekstrand, Revised December 1996 |
| Impact of Fluctuating Reservoir Elevation on Recreation Use And Value (730k pdf) | Platt February 2000 |
| Incentive Pricing Handbook for Agricultural Water Disticts (2.3M pdf) | Harpman, April 1997 |
| Interim Cost Allocation Report, Columbia Basin Project, Washington | May 2000 |
| Measuring Goodness of Fit for the Double Bounded Logit Model: Comment (176k pdf) | Harpman and Welsh |
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Measuring the Influence of Water Management Practices on the Economic Benefits of Commercial Fishing (320k pdf) |
Platt, January 2008 |
| Measuring Regional Economic Impacts of Recreation | Borda and Platt, December 1997 |
| Meta-Analysis of Water Recreation (392k pdf) | Platt and Ekstrand, November 2001 |
| Modeling Recreation Decisions and Estimating the Benefits of North Dakota River Recreation | Piper, 1998 |
| Nonuse Economic Value: Emerging Policy Analysis Tool 242k pdf) | Harpman, Welsh, and Bishop, October 1993 |
| Public Involvement Manual (6.63M pdf) | Larsen and Coulter 2001 |
| Recreation Facility Design Guidelines | Structural and Architectural Group, September 2002 |
| Reservoir Recreation Use Estimation Modeling with Water Level Fluctuation (305k pdf) | Platt, July 2001 |
| Resource Management Plan Guidebook—Planning for the Future | Welch et al., February 2003 |
| San Juan–Chama Project, Colorado–New Mexico, Final Cost Allocation | Economics Group, March 2001 |
| Sign Guidelines, for Planning, Design, Fabrication, Procurement, Installation, and Maintenance of Signs for Outdoor Public Use Areas | Economics and Resource Planning Group, October 2006 |
| Social Assessment Manual (Volume 1 for managers and Volume 2 for practictioners) (60M pdfs) | Larsen and Couler 2002 |
| Using Contingent Valuation and Benefit Transfer to Evaluate Water Supply Improvements | Piper, April 1998 |
| Valuation of American Indian Land and Water Resources: A Guidebook (422k pdf) | Hammer, February 2002 |
| Water Supply - Assessing the Financial and Economic Feasibility of Rural Water System Improvements | Piper and Martin, Sept. 1999 |
| Water Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Users' Guidebook | Haas, Aukerman, Lovejoy, and Welch, July 2004 |
For further information about the Economics and Resource Planning Group, our people, and the services we provide, we invite you to follow any of the links on the left-hand navigation bar, or contact our manager, Rick Vinton (303-445-2738 or RVinton@usbr.gov).