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A Critique of Floodplain Planning in the Connecticut River Basin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Frederic O. Sargent
Frederic O. Sargent*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station
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It is generally recognized that the goal of achieving acceptable river basin planning in New England has been elusive. This is especially true in regard to the Connecticut River Basin (7). Ten government agencies have spent more than 10 years and over $4 million in inventorying and planning the Connecticut River Basin but have not yet produced a plan acceptable to the people of the Basin.

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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , April 1975 , pp. 76 - 86
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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