A Recreation Project that was Rejected: Lessons from a Failure

Authors

  • John L. Crompton
  • Mark E. Havitz

Keywords:

new ideas, innovation diffusion, community support, wave pool.

Abstract

New service ideas in the parks and recreation field are not always successful. They may be rejected by staff, elected officials, or through citizen antipathy or apathy. The case study reported here analyzes a new service idea that failed. The project was the construction of a wave pool in an SMSA with a population of approximately 120,000. A model of the diffusion of innovation process provides a framework for the analysis. Reasons for the failure are identified and suggestions for reducing the probability of new service ideas failing are made.?

Published

1987-04-04

Issue

Section

Regular Papers