One of the objectives of a local government body could be to provide adequate street lighting throughout the area.
(a) How could the adequacy of street lighting be measured?
(b) Assume that other objectives are to improve road safety in the area and to reduce crime. How much does adequate street lighting contribute to each of these aims?
(c) What is an excessive amount of money to pay for adequately lit streets, improved road safety and reduced crime? How much is too little? What performance measures might be used by a famine relief charity?