Abstract
In spite of vastly expanded knowledge and computational abilities available in the planning of water resource systems, the scope of most planning efforts remains too narrow. It is argued that planning efforts must be broadened in three ways; (1) geographically, to take into account not just hydrologic interdependencies but the wider range of market and financial relationships; (2) between public and private sectors, to assure that public investments yield sufficiently high returns; (3) to encompass all relevant alternatives, both technological and institutional, for attaining the objectives of development. Examples are given from various water resource areas of the costs of failing to use sufficiently broad horizons in planning.
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