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<br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Rights" has been proposed among members of <br />Congress. A Federal commission on population <br />problems has been created and Federal land use <br />planning and zoning legislation has been intro- <br />duced. A host of Federal bills have been intro- <br />duced and some enacted regarding air, land, noise <br />and water pollution. Apparently, a whole new <br />approach to coping with environmental problems is <br />emerging. The Advisory Commission on Arizona's <br />Environment gives voice to some of these problems. <br />Citizens, public officials and State legislators, <br />however, must give greater support to enacting <br />progressive legislation establishing an effective <br />environmental control program. <br /> <br />('-; <br /> <br />t- <br />10- <br />..... <br />~ <br /> <br />Most of the effort to date has been concerned with <br />objectiyesand goals of the States and Nation. <br />In many instances these goals and objectives have <br />not been fUlly incorporated into the recreation <br />planning field. Currently, programs are largely <br />justified from the viewpoint of their multiple <br />purposes. This approach is integrally tied to the <br />benefit-cost method used to evaluate the desirabi- <br />lity of a project, justifY its cost and assign <br />it a priority. The multiple purposes of projects, <br />whether freeways, urban renewal, water development <br />or flood control are largely based on economic <br />benefits and oftentimes on only the more obvious <br />economic benefits. Goals, on the other hand, quite <br />often have to do with qualitative and intangible <br />benefits. <br /> <br />The .need for open space and desirable patterns of <br />settlement, for instance, are goals that work <br />against certain types of urban expansion and <br />economic development. Water resource projects, <br />highways and other public works frequently result <br />in growth and increasing population. The apparent <br />confl;i.ct is real enough, but remains unexpressed. <br />Until open space and environmental goals are <br />definitively identified, they cannot be included in <br />the planning and decision making process. We must <br />undertake to identifY our goals and make them an <br />integral part of both our planning and action. <br /> <br />i <br />:i <br />~ <br />,';; <br />.1 <br /> <br />Hi <br /> <br />