The Benefits and Economic Value of Community Recreation: Proposal for an Analytical Framework Based on an Exploratory Study

Authors

  • Louise Briand
  • Nathalie Sauvé
  • Lucie Fréchette

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22230/cjnser.2011v2n1a54

Keywords:

Community organization, Social performance, Economic value, Recreation / Organisme communautaire, Performance sociale, Valeur économique, Loisir

Abstract

ABSTRACT

This article presents the results of an exploratory study on the impacts of a program provided by a community recreation centre. The study proposes an analytical framework to assess the impacts of recreation on young people and refers to product and impact concepts developed by Marée (2005). The proposed framework includes dimensions that are sufficiently precise to grasp the impacts of community recreation centres (benefits, savings, impacts on individuals, life settings, and society), yet also sufficiently broad to allow for the evaluation of the impacts of other social endeavours.

 

RÉSUMÉ

Cet article présente les résultats d'une recherche exploratoire qui étudie les effets d'un programme d'un centre communautaire de loisir. La recherche propose un cadre d'analyse des impacts du loisir chez les jeunes qui prend appui sur les concepts de produits et d'impacts développés par Marée (2005). Le cadre d'analyse proposé comporte des dimensions suffisamment précises pour appréhender les impacts des centres communautaires de loisir (bénéfices et économies pour les individus, les milieux de vie et la société), mais il est aussi suffisamment large pour évaluer les impacts d'autres entreprises à vocation sociale.


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Author Biography

Lucie Fréchette

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Lucie Fréchette is Professor at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Québec, Canada.

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Published

2011-06-25

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Articles

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