Abstract
ABSTRACT Most States are, by law, responsible for providing public access to navigable waters. How that access is provided varies in quality, efficiency, politics, and procedure from state to state. Federal grants for developing access sites are anticipated to increase, prompting the question: If we had a million dollars to spend on public access tomorrow, where would we spend it? This paper critically reviews the access development procedures of many states and provinces of Canada, examining innovative public policy planning procedures such as decision analysis, simulations, stakeholder analysis, systems analysis, multiattribute utility theory, and operations research. The author recommends optimal pathways to sound public investments for public access. The conclusions indicate that scientific formulas do not work well in determining where access sites should be developed. Rather, a careful understanding of the social and political processes really becomes the important decision criterion.
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