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<br />32 <br /> <br />IV, TRADEOFF ANALYSIS AND DECISION MAKING <br />From the earlier steps, the basic evaluation information is <br />available, A number of additional considerations are bound to appear, <br />however, and the decision makers should consider these carefully, <br />Some of the items to consider are: <br />1, Budget constraints <br />2, Environmental constraints <br />3, Public acceptability <br />4, Changing priorities <br />5, Development goals <br />6, Growth management <br />In the actual Little Dry Creek reoort, a six-dams plan was <br />recommended and accepted in early stages of discussion, It must be <br />implemented over time, however, and individual elements will orobably <br />change before the plan is completed, This is part of the natural <br />process of implementation, with feedback, <br />The reader will probably wonder why this section is so brief, <br />It is simply not possible to explain how to apply the judgment, dis- <br />cretion and attention to priorities that must be used in the tradeoff <br />analysis, In fact, some writers say this is part of the political <br />process, not the economic analysis, The best approach seems tc be one <br />where the analysis results in complete information for the decision <br />makers, Then, by participating in the ti^adeoff sessions, the analyst <br />can further elucidate the advantages and disadvantages of the alter- <br />native approaches, Only after a thorough process of give-and-take will <br />all parties feel that the correct decisions have been reached, <br />