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Waiting for 2005?s World Skiing Championship: an Experimental Assessment of Tourism Sustainability in Sondrio Province [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The tourism sector is more and more regarded as a central element of territorial development in many countries. According to the sustainable development approach we have to look at tourism from two possible points of view.
Giulia Pesaro
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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]

open access: yes, 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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A Multi‐Century Meteo‐Hydrological Analysis in the Italian Alps: Daily Streamflow (1862–2022) at Different Time Scales

open access: yesHydrological 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
wiley   +1 more source

Non-conventional water resources in coastal areas : a review on the use of reclaimed water [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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The Impact of Snow Grooming on Morphology and Erosion of Alpine Hillslopes: A Case Study from Kasprowy Wierch Ski Station in the Tatra Mountains

open access: yesLand
The rapid expansion of ski tourism and climate change-induced snow shortages have led to intensified ski run maintenance, including extensive earthworks, artificial snowmaking, and regular snow grooming.
Dawid Piątek, Kazimierz Krzemień
doaj   +1 more source

Preserving Short‐Sward Natural Grasslands May Provide Suitable Foraging Habitat for a Climate‐Threatened Alpine Species Along Ski‐Pistes

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, Volume 28, Issue 5, Page 734-746, October 2025.
Investigating the ultimate factors that underpin the impacts of ski‐pistes on alpine species is crucial to identify concrete mitigation strategies. This is urgently needed given that winter sports are expanding in mountain ranges worldwide. We evaluated the impacts of ski‐pistes on the foraging behaviour of the white‐winged snowfinch, an iconic alpine ...
Chiara Bettega   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

In Defense of Property [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +3 more sources

Cambio climático y turismo: una aproximación a su estado de conocimiento. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
En este artículo se analiza el estado de conocimiento sobre el cambio climático y el turismo como objeto de estudio, con la finalidad de caracterizar sus tendencias temáticas, disciplinarias y metodológicas, además de reconocer los retos para su ...
Mancilla Velasco, Stephany   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Biogeomorphic assessment of natural streambank structures in the Alps: A step to improve soil and water bioengineering techniques

open access: yesEarth Surface Processes and Landforms, Volume 50, Issue 9, July 2025.
This study first analyses intermingled geomorphological and ecological units along naturally stable banks in mountain streams, aiming to identify stable biogeomorphological structures that resist erosion. Two bio‐geomorphologic types of stable streambanks were identified: 1) those along steep‐sloped streams, where mixed mineral and plant units ...
Juliette Rousset   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research Developments and Applications of Ice Slurry

open access: yesEnergies
Ice slurry is a phase-changing material composed of liquid water, ice crystals, and a freezing point depressant. It is finer and more uniform compared to ice cubes or flake ices and is used in many industries, such as food preservation, comfortable ...
Haiqin Song   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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