Title: The social dimensions of water-resources planning
First published: 1974
Description: The book describes a study to establish a framework for incorporating social factors in the water-resources planning-decision process.  388 water-resources concepts from the social domain were identified, collected, screened and grouped to develop 42 social factors.  Then from ratings of similarity-dissimilarity by 300 raters (60 social scientists, 60 water-works professionals, and 180 persons who had demonstrated an interest in water-resources issues), five fundamental dimensions were identified through multi-dimensional scaling.  The five dimensions were:  quality of drinking water, fair allocation and conservation of water, public involvement in water-resources management, natural beauty of bodies of water, and public access to bodies of water.  Application of the derived framework of social dimensions and factors in planning-decision process was explored.
Subjects: Water resources development