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Show Socio-economic Analyses Needed Several additional socio-economic analyses needed to extend and supplement those included in this study are as follows: 1. Additional analyses on how water resource development programs change employment participation rates, types of employment, income distribution patterns, educational levels, or other socio-economic factors should be initiated, particularly as related to low income, minority, and rural population sectors. 2. Studies should be initiated to assess the economic consequences of deteriorating water quality upon industrial and agricultural output in terms of how it affects the level and rate of regional economic growth and the well-being of the people. 3. Additional sensitivity analyses of alternatives and assumptions should be conducted, particularly as they pertain to efficiencies of water use, alternative cropping patterns, alternative crop yields, level of water availability predicated on 19&5 condi- tions, and other agricultural production possibilities. k. Studies exploring the relationships between economic activity and environmental characteristics of the Region should be initiated. Methods to measure environmental parameters in socio-economic terms are needed. 129 |
