Policy Simulations of Alternative Futures
Year: 1979
Type: article
Abstract: This paper presents a simulation model developed for the Office for Planning & Programming, State of Iowa, to be used for simulating various policies as they may come up in the course of state economic planning. The simulation model is demonstrated by examining seven policies directed at state economic development: (1) A change in the industrial mix toward more manufacturing and exporting in those industries for which Iowa has a compar-ative advantage; (2) An increase in the degree of processing and packaging of agri-cultural products; (3) The promotion of human resources development through more education and training, thus reducing out-migration and increasing productivity; (4) An improvement in the transportation system of the State through completion of the freeway system and branch line maintenance; (5) The development of coal resources to the fullest extent possible under Department of Environmental Quality standards; (6) The imptementation of a land use policy which restricts confinement feeding of cattle and new industrial development; (7) The promotion of industrial development through readily available supplies of electrical energy from coal and nuclear power.
DOI: 10.68479/001c.8554
Authors: Jerald R. Barnard, Warren T. Dent
Institution: University of Iowa
Language: English
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W579490656