A Hierarchical Goal-Programming Approach To Environmental Land Use Management

The purpose of the study is the development and application of a methodology for evaluating the economic and environmental effects of various policies for the management of the Texas Coastal Zone. The specific goals of the study are: (1) the establishment of operating criteria which are specific to the Texas Coastal Zone; (2) the development of a methodology or systematic approach for evaluating the economic and environmental effects of alternative policies for Texas Coastal Zone management, and (3) the testing of the systematic approach by the application of several hypothetical management policies to a specific region of the Texas Coastal Zone.