Socio-economic and environmental interactions in the Upper Main Stem sub-basin of the Colorado River Basin: three alternative energy development futures. Final research report

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7301705

Udis, B; Howe, C W; Kreider, J F; Auger, C

In July 1973 the Bureau of Economic Research at the University of Colorado submitted a report to the Economic Development Administration entitled 'The Interrelationship of Economic Development and Environmental Quality in the Upper Colorado River Basin: An Interindustry Analysis' (NTIS: COM-73-11970, 642 pp.). That study presented a series of economic and environmental models applicable to the three upper regions or sub-basins of the Colorado River Basin: the Upper Main Stem, the Green River, and the San Juan. The work was interdisciplinary in nature involving the joint efforts of economists and engineers. Since late 1973 the same research team (expanded to include sociologists) has been engaged in an effort to apply those models to a specific case of energy-related development in an effort to determine the direct and indirect economic and environmental consequences. Underground coal development in western Colorado was the case selected for the study with particular emphasis upon a region along the North Fork of the Gunnison River in Delta and Gunnison counties of western Colorado. This is the report from that study and includes the aspects of employment analysis, and socio-economic, hydrologic, and air quality assessments of the impact region under alternative development scenarios.

• Research Organization: Colorado Univ., Boulder (USA). Bureau of Economic Research
• OSTI ID: 7301705
• Report Number(s): PB-266082
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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