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Perceived community benefits from recreation resources: From scale development to validation

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Abstract

This research proposes a six-factor psychometric scale for assessing individuals' perceptions of community benefits generated from managed recreation resources.We suggested that community benefits primarily occur within six related dimensions: ecological, economic, lifestyle, quality of life, sense of physical space, and social solidarity.

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Citation

Smith, Jordan W.; Anderson, Dorothy H.; Davenport, Mae A.; Leahy, Jessica E. 2012. Perceived community benefits from recreation resources: From scale development to validation. In: Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc; Watts, Clifton E., Jr., eds. Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-94. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 148-154.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/40345