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<br />L <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />Tht" CllUlUless pnlblems that Inust bl.' fa,,,,d J.nd <br />reslllwd III Ihe dt"vehlpmc:nl Jnd lIlanagement of I;wd <br />and water re~our(es h:l\'t" bl'l'll cllumeralt'd II1Jny times <br />ovt"f. These lIldude the Jc.:eJeralinjl: urball ~rowlh that <br />places gf('a[ demands Oil natural resources. the dlll'ku]t <br />chokes lh;lt mllSI be IIlJdl' 111 :i1lucating limited pubh.: <br />lunds JJIll)flg l'umpt.'lJllg. yet e.xtensive. publll" f>erno.:cs, <br />the recur/en! humall Jnd ecollumi..: deiolru.:llon .:aused <br />by Hoods. the 1llJ.ldistribullulI or 'l'arcll~ of walt'f <br />resources. the pollutlOlI 'lt' slrt':mh. Jlld lho~ sped;!l <br />needs for dt.'VCJopllll'1I1 'If natura] resources 1TJ under- <br />developed area,. ,If slales. The dlilen and ...\"t'ry level of <br />government haH' a vilJ! rult' 10 play In ,>olving lhe~ <br />problems. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />Accelt'rating Urban Growlh Place.. Great Demands <br />On Water And Land ReMlurces <br /> <br />Rel'ognillllg the InCfl.'JSlngly lJnp<.lrlall1 rl.'spon. <br />sibdilles of Fl.'ul.'ral and Stall.' GU\"('rnmenlS In planning <br />fur Ih... prudent use and consef'ialiun of natural reo <br />sour~es for altJlIung a ba!;lnl'ed and \'i!!-orous e~onllmy. <br />th... \hssourJ BaSin Inter.Agen(y CommHlee agreed In <br />1963 t<l undertake a ilaml.'work study of th... basllL <br />River t>JSIn framework planning IS. in es<.en(e, regIonal <br />plannll1~, Sudl planning provides bruad's\"'ale analyst's of <br />waler and re!;lted land resour~e problems Jnd Ihe means <br /> <br />CHAPTER 1 <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br /> <br />Recurring Floods SliII Persbl in the Basin <br /> <br />of delermming th,' pwbable nature. extent. and liming <br />uf measures for lhell ,olUliull The re!lional approach is <br />nor new 10 pIJlHl,'a uf lhe \!lS,oulI River Basin since lhe <br />tlrst ~omprehemih' b;!slll developmelllJI program was <br />il1,'orporaled in the comprl.'hens.ive plan, commonly <br />knuwn JS Ihe PI~k,Sloan Plan. approved by Ihe Congress <br />1rl 1444. The urlgin of Ihat plan slemmed from a <br />resoluliol1 adoPled by the \lLssouri River 51;!les Com. <br />millet:' requestmg Federal exe~ulive Jnd kgisJarive al'lion <br />hi Sl'l'Ure a single courdinaled pbn for development of <br />Ihe ~fissnuri River Basin. Al thaI lime Ihere were Ihose <br />who favored as well as th\):>(' whu opp(l~d lhe plan, bul <br />mudl of whal was lht.'n proposed is now reality, <br />Therefore. wllh lhe passage uf over 1......0 de~alj,,~s. it is <br />appWpriJle hl reappraise lhu!\l' earlier plans and sub, <br />scqut'nt a(~o1llplishments, and 10 formulale a frame......ork <br />plan as aguiJe tor future a<:tlllIlS, <br /> <br />,.h planning is esscnlLaJly an advIs<lry function, <br />cife..:me prugrams are IhoS<.' thaI adl1e~'e a(l'eplability as <br />well as qUJhty. The heart of the plannillg fundion IS a <br />ullliled framework of poh.;y whkh givt.'s dlredion to a <br />WIde array of a((Lom, The most eX"ellenl, commendable <br />plan. however. has only a museum piece value unless its <br />objectives and ptllides are ingrained in Ihe ;!l'tion <br />