Development of the Environmental Technical Information System
Abstract
The report presents the research to date on the development and refinement of two computer-aided technical information systems that the Army can use in environmental assessments. The Computerized Environmental Legislative Data System (CELDS) catalogues abstracts of environmental laws and statutes by geographic scope and keyword designation. CELDS includes quantifiable and objective standards and report or permit requirements of all active laws or regulations that may concern the Army. CELDS is complete for six states and for areas of federal jurisdiction, and data for another ten states are currently being collected and analyzed. The system will eventually include all 50 states. The Economic Impact Forecast System (EIFS) uses census bureau information on over 360 counties to calculate environmental impacts for construction on 64 Army installations. EIFS predicts how the expenditure of federal construction dollars will affect local businesses, households, and governments in the areas of employment, personal income, total business volume, housing revenues, housing and business investments, and government expenses. EIFS uses export-based location quotient techniques as the basis for its predictions. The system will be expanded in the future to cover areas other than construction and to include additional regions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA009668
Entities
People
- R. D. Webster
- R. L. Welsh
- Rahul Jain
Organizations
- Construction Engineering Research Laboratory