Economic Impact
Recreation industries, coastal development, business retention, brownfield redevelopment, etc: regional economies depend on the resources of the Great Lakes, and Ohio Sea Grant's programs facilitate an understanding of this dependence. Our work with charter captains, coastal developers, decision makers, steelhead anglers, and others have helped to quantify the value of our coastal resources to the state of Ohio.
Project List
R/ME-030
Started: 3/1/2004The Influence of Water Quality and Lake Amenities on the Demand for Residential Development around Lake Erie
R/ME-029-PD 
Started: 5/1/2002, Status: CompletedDeveloping Industrial Heritage: A Case Study in Toledo and Waterville
R/ME-028
Started: 3/1/2002Estimating the Spatial and Temporal Benefits of Recreational Boating and Angling in the Lake Erie Basin
R/ME-027-PD
Started: 4/1/2001The Economic Importance of Nature-Based Tourism in Ohio's Lake Erie Tourism Industry: The Case of Ottawa and Erie Counties
R/ME-025 
Started: 3/1/2000, Status: CompletedUnderstanding the Links Between Policy and Patterns of Land Use Change in Urbanizing Watersheds: A Spatial Economic Model of Land Use Conversion
R/ME-021-PD 
Started: 6/1/1998, Status: CompletedValuing the Ottawa River: Recreational Value & Direct Economic & Fiscal Impacts of Dredgins
R/ME-019 
Started: 3/1/1998, Status: CompletedValuing Great Lakes Beach Recreation: An Economic Assessment of the Recreational Value of Freshwater Beaches
R/ME-020-PD 
Started: 6/1/1997, Status: CompletedEstimating the Recreational Value of Two Lake Erie Beaches
R/PS-015-PD
Started: 9/1/1996Economic and Hydrologic Analysis of Integrated Wetland Reservoir and Subirrigated Agricultural Production Systems
A/P-005-PD 
Started: 3/1/1996, Status: CompletedGuide to Toledo Area Waterfront: Toledo, Maumee Bay, Maumee River
