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The Adaptation Policy Paradox : the Implementation Deficit of Policies Framed as Climate Change Adaptation [PDF]
, 2013 The implementation of adaptation policies suffers from barriers and limits; even though adaptation is now set on the political agendas of developed and developing countries, surprisingly few examples of concrete policy realizations are found in ...
Dupuis, J., Knoepfel, P.
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Recent debris flows in the Portainé catchment (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain): analysis of monitoring and field data focussing on the 2015 event [PDF]
, 2017 The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10346-017-0832-9During the night of the 21 August 2015, a debris flow took place in one of the presently most active ravines of the Pyrenees, the Portainé torrent (Eastern ...
Genova, Mar +6 more
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, 2016 The production of Machine Made (MM) snow is now generalized in ski resorts and represents the most common adaptation method to mitigate the impacts of both the natural variability and projected changes of the climate on the snow conditions to guarantee ...
P. Spandre +4 more
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Thunderbird International Business Review, Volume 68, Issue 2, Page 177-190, March/April 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines the dynamics of alpine resorts and their evolution in international marketing. International marketing is a complex process involving different actors across borders. The literature has often examined marketing at specific points in time.
Chihiro Nakayama
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Warming winters and New Hampshire’s lost ski areas: An integrated case study [PDF]
, 2003 New Hampshire’s mountains and winter climate support a ski industry that contributes substantially to the state economy. Through more than 70 years of history, this industry has adapted and changed with its host society.
Hamilton, Lawrence C. +3 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Medicine &Science in Sports, Volume 36, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT Elite performance in Olympic winter sports depends on the interplay among the athlete, equipment, and the snow or ice. This naturally evolves with temperature, humidity, wind, preparation, and contact between the equipment and its surface. Together, these factors continuously rebalance the forces of gravity, aerodynamic drag, and friction ...
Andreas Almqvist +4 more
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An agent-based model to explore scenarios of adaptation to climate change in an alpine tourism destination [PDF]
, 2010 The European Alpine region is one of the most sensitive to climate change impacts. ClimAlpTour is a European research project of the Alpine Space Programme, dealing with the expected decrease in snow and ice cover.
Balbi, Stefano +2 more
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Non-conventional water resources in coastal areas : a review on the use of reclaimed water [PDF]
, 2004 In an era of increasing contest for limited water resources a wise joint management of conventional and non-conventional water resources must be considered.
Salgot de Marçay, Miquel +2 more
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Hydrological Processes, Volume 39, Issue 11, November 2025.The second longest time series (1862–2022) for Italy and possibly the Mediterranean area of daily hydrometric levels and streamflow data was reconstructed for the Adige river basin, in the Italian Alps (9793 km2). Annual precipitation is stationary and annual streamflow is significantly declining at a rate of −1.0 mm year−1 corresponding to −1.3 ...
Roberto Ranzi +3 more
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, 2008 This Article responds to an emerging view, in scholarship and popular society, that it is normatively undesirable to employ property law as a means of protecting indigenous cultural heritage. Recent critiques suggest that propertizing culture impedes the
Carpenter, Kristen A. +2 more
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