Climate change and outdoor recreation

An example paper idea:

Climate change can have significant economic impacts on local economies due to changes in outdoor recreation patterns. For example, the North Carolina ski industry could be wiped out if winters become milder. My initial research idea is to investigate the effects of climate change on recreation participation. I plan to use one of the available recreation data sets and temperate data to see how recreation behavior is affected by temperatures. I'll then simulate changes in temperature to see how recreation behavior changes.