Incorporating Economic Considerations in the Preparation of Environmental Impact Statements: A Suggested Approach

Report No: 73-R49

Published in 1974

About the report:

The purpose of the research was two-fold: (1) to provide persons in the Department who prepared impact statements a guide to the effects that highway improvements had on the economic activity of an area, and (2) to place in proper perspective the use of user and nonuser impacts as measures of the costs and benefits of highways.

Documents

73-R49

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Authors

Gary R. Allen, Ph.D.

Last updated: February 6, 2024