Accession Number:

AD0670736

Title:

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LAND MANAGEMENT,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ARLINGTON VA PROGRAM ANALYSIS DIV

Personal Author(s):

• Minasian,Jora R.

Report Date:

1966-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

92.0

Abstract:

The study applies economic analysis to the decisionmaking processes governing land resource allocation for defense. A detailed examination of existing laws and regulations reveals a set of rights-to-land that in essence are neither transferable nor exclusive. This leads to a situation where there is no economic incentive to evaluate alternatives and no appropriate mechanism to effect trade-offs in land allocation. Suitable changes in the system are discussed which should help to remedy the deficiency. One suggestion involves the conversion of land rights to a set of transferable land rights which are assigned to three landlords, one for each of the Military Services. In the other change discussed, the effect of nontransferable rights is altered through the establishment of a central landlord in the Department of Defense which imposes use costs rents on the decisionmakers in the Services. Author

Descriptors:

• *NATURAL RESOURCES
• PLANNING
• COST EFFECTIVENESS
• RECREATION
• DISTRIBUTION(ECONOMICS)
• CALIFORNIA
• NEW MEXICO
• UTAH
• LEGISLATION

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE