New Directions in Water Resources Planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Evolution of Corps Programs and Federal Water Policies -- EARLY CORPS ACTIVITIES IN THE NATION'S RIVER BASINS -- The 1899 River and Harbor Act -- The Federal Water Power Act of 1920 -- New Deal Planning -- The Flood Control Act of 1936 -- The Federal Interagency River Basin Committee -- FEDERAL WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AT MID-CENTURY -- The Cooke Commission -- The Green Book -- Circular A-47 -- Senate Document 97 -- THE U.S. WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL AND TITLE II RIVER BASIN COMMISSIONS -- The Water Resources Council -- Title II River Basin Commissions -- PROGRAM REDUCTION, 1970-1985 -- 2 The Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and Other Legislative and Administrative Initiatives -- IMPLICATIONS OF WRDA '86 AND OTHER WRDAS -- Cost-Sharing Provisions of WRDA '86 -- Broadening the Scope of Corps Water Planning -- RISK AND UNCERTAINTY ISSUES -- The Corps' Past Treatment of Risk and Uncertainty -- Current Corps Policies -- Use of Risk Analysis -- Environmental Risk Assessment and Restoration Projects -- Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management -- Climate Change -- 3 Assessment of the Corps' Planning Processes -- THE CORPS PLANNING PROCESS -- The Reconnaissance Phase -- The Feasibility Phase -- Preconstruction Engineering and Design and the Chief's Report -- TYPES, LENGTH, AND COSTS OF CORPS PLANNING STUDIES -- Length of Corps Planning Studies -- Costs of Corps Planning Studies -- FEDERAL BUDGETING AND AUTHORIZATION -- STREAMLINING THE PLANNING PROCESS -- COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS -- COMMENTARY -- 4 Gaps Between Practices and Principles: Adjusting Planning and Guidance -- WATER RESOURCE PLANNING PRINCIPLES -- Watershed, Basinwide, and Regional Perspectives -- Comprehensiveness.

Criteria and Procedures -- REGIONAL-SCALE PLANNING -- PARTNERSHIP PLANNING -- REDUCING THE NATION'S FLOOD DAMAGES: POLICY AND PROCEDURAL ISSUES -- Policy issues: Cost-sharing -- Procedural Issues: Possible Biases Against Nonstructural Projects -- OTHER CONSIDERATIONS: THE NEED FOR ASSESSMENTS -- 5 The Corps' Environmental Protection and Restoration Programs -- INTEGRATING ECOLOGY INTO WATER RESOURCES PLANNING -- VALUING THE BENEFITS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS -- OPTIONS FOR THE CORPS -- CHOOSING PROJECT ALTERNATIVES -- THE CURRENT DEBATE OVER PROJECT EVALUATION -- MEASURING ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS AND COSTS -- OTHER ISSUES -- 6 Recommendations -- INTERNAL ORGANIZATION -- EXTERNAL ISSUES -- RELATIONS WITH LOCAL SPONSORS -- ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY -- References -- List of Acronyms -- Appendix A Planning Guidance Letter 97-10, Shortening the Planning Process -- Appendix B Cost Analysis of Selected Studies, 1986-1996 -- Appendix C List of Conditional Authorization Projects in WRDA '96 -- Appendix D Beach Nourishment -- REFERENCES -- Appendix E Biographical Information -- STAFF.