EDRD 3500 Lecture 46: 040400100204040400100204_43

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Environmental Design and Rural Development
• Course: EDRD 3500
• Professor: Marianne Staempfli

Document Summary

Similarly, individuals and groups of various age and socio-economic backgrounds have been very successful in advocating for and providing of recreation services and opportunities in their communities. Unfortunately, small projects and services are often planned haphazardly hence an impact evaluation or impact assessment is often difficult to accomplish. It cannot be stressed enough that it is very important to think about impacts early in the process of planning and implementation. The keyis to start to think about impact from the start. Some program designers only think about impact when it comes time to evaluate (dean, 1991). Thinking about impacts should begin in the needs assessment stage. In needs assessment, we are developing the tourism or recreation service to provide some benefit to the people who use the service, or to deal with an identified problem. Impacts may be related to both the positive pursuit of benefits and the attempt to deal with problems.