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Flow <br />e <br />Resource Conditions <br />i 0 0 <br />Hydraulics <br />Tradeoffs and Negotiation <br />N <br />VS. let, <br />3. A conceptual framework for assessing the effects of instream flows on recreation or other <br />resource outputs. <br />Interestingly, this model could also be <br />adapted to explore how different flows <br />produce different out-of -stream resource <br />outputs such as power- generation capacity, or <br />irrigation capacity. In this case, however, <br />"resource conditions" would refer to <br />characteristics of the out -of- stream water use. <br />Specifying recreation outputs and a discussion <br />of the methods available to evaluate alternative <br />outputs at different flow levels is the subject of <br />Chapter 5, Evaluating Conditions or Flows. <br />Chapter 6, Examples of Flow - Attribute <br />Relationships, presents further information on <br />the flow- output link. <br />T <br />TRADE -OFFS AND FLOW NEGOTIATION <br />At this stage, it becomes apparent that <br />different flow regimes can produce many <br />different combinations of resource outputs. <br />Deciding on a specific flow regime means <br />moving from the technical arena (where <br />scientists and resource specialists determine <br />how flows affect resource conditions and <br />outputs) to the political arena (where decision - <br />makers, resource managers, and interest <br />groups evaluate and negotiate the desirability <br />of different combinations of outputs). This <br />process involves assessing trade -offs between <br />