“One effect of benefit-cost analysis is to give any respectable engineer or economist a means for justifying almost any kind of project the national government wants to justify... Exclusive reliance on benefit-cost analysis has been one of the greatest threats to wise decisions in water development.” WantGivingKindMeanHas BeensGovernmentWaterDecisionWiseEffectsDevelopmentCostBenefitsProjectsThreatEnvironmentalAnalysisJustifyEngineersEconomistRelianceExclusiveRespectableWise Decision Author:Gilbert F. White
“The issue of world environment has a special kind of urgency... The issue is one of rich peoples and poor peoples, of the growing gap between the two, and of the rich fouling their own nests.” WorldKindTwoPoorIssuesRichEnvironmentGrowingSpecialEnvironmentalGapsPoor PeopleStewardshipRich PeopleNestsUrgencyWorld Environment Book:Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White Source: Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White