The objectives of the plan are to: (1) guide a coordinated, adjusted, efficient, and economic development of the region in a manner that will best promote the health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity, and welfare of the residents of the region in accordance with present and future needs and resources; (2) provide for patterns of urbanization and the uses of land and resources for trade, industry, recreation, forestry, agriculture, and tourism; (3) create conditions favorable to the development of human resources; (4) identify the public interest and the necessity for public action and intergovernmental cooperation and coordination in the region; and (5) coordinate with efforts of the private sector in the region.