Measuring the Costs of Publicly Supplied Outdoor Recreation Facilities: A Methodological Note

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Several studies have been completed that measure the cost associated with providing outdoor recreational facilities operated by the public sector. These studies may become more numerous and more important in the near future due to the changing fiscal situation at the federal, state and local levels of government. Agencies must know the makeup of current costs to determine if cost saving measures are feasible and to analyze the potential of user fees to recover all or part of these costs. This paper addresses the methodological issues associated with doing cost studies and outlines the procedures that should be used to measure costs in various situations. The methods of measuring the relevant costs and techniques that can be used to recover them depend on the objectives of the analysis. The discussion should be useful to agency personnel as they undertake cost of provision studies.

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