The Building Outdoor Community program is designed to help Western North Carolina’s community leaders better understand and leverage their unique assets and collaborate to drive outdoor economic and community development centered around healthy people and places. The economic impact analysis portion of the training is designed to help leaders better understand the purpose, methods, data, and tools needed to recognize outdoor recreation factors that impact economic development.
Here is the video series on benefit-cost analysis:
- Measuring the Quantity of Recreation
- Measuring the Price of Recreation
- Recreation Demand Curve
- Travel Cost Method
- Contingent Valuation Method
- Other Valuation Approaches
- Comparing Benefits and Costs
Other videos:
- Measuring Outdoor Recreation – Data Collection
- Economic Impact
These videos were created for the Building Outdoor Communities project funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission with a grant to Mountain Bizworks / WNC Made by Mountains.