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Item Research and Development in Industrial Corporations: Can Advanceed Societies Learn to Contain Pollution?(Water Resources Research Center, University of Minnesota, 1973-08) Rickson, Roy E.The development and distribution of knowledge has long been of interest to policymakers and social scientists. Because of the power of industrial corporations and the influence they have over the general research and development process, societies have the knowledge to deal with problems that coincide with corporate goals but have difficulty handling problems where solutions are, in the short run, contradictory to the uninterrupted pursuit of economic goals. A good example is societal ability to deal with waste or pollution. Two processes are important: (1) the process by which resources are allocated to research at the corporate and societal level and (2) the management of the expert role by the organizations.Item Watershed Planning(Water Resources Research Center, University of Minnesota, 1972-04) Water Resources Research CenterThe objective of the Seminar on Watershed Planning was to gather area leaders representing watershed districts, municipal, county and State government, and private groups in an effort to stimulate further coordinated water resources planning in Minnesota. The following topics were discussed: Metropolitan Council, Watershed District, and Municipal water resources planning relationships; importance of open space to watershed district planning; some comments concerning watershed planning in Minnesota; Department of Natural Resources relationship to watershed districts; and regional planning and watershed resources. In particular, the Seminar was concerned with the Metropolitan Development Guide and the overall plans of watershed districts.