The Thin Green Line: An Assessment of Dod's Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative to Buffer Installation Encroachment

by Anny Wong, Susan A. Resetar, Beth E. Lachman

This monograph assesses the effectiveness of DoD's Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative to help testing and training installations deal with encroachment from sprawl and other sources. The authors identify the main causes of encroachment; detail the benefits, both to the military and local communities, of buffering areas near installations with REPI projects; and provide recommendations for how to improve REPI's effectiveness. One-liner:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 083304172X
• ISBN13: 9780833041722
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 254 Pages