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Two men and two boys holding ski equipment, Pebble Creek
, 1950 Black and white photograph of two men and two boys with skis, probably at Pebble Creek Ski Area (or Skyline Ski Area, as it was called as from 1949 to 1979)
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Reframing the Treasury Debate: Industrial Strategy and State Capacity in the UK
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The Treasury has long been seen as a root cause of Britain's economic malaise, blocking much‐needed industrial intervention and embedding short‐termism. This article examines the politics of Concorde and civil nuclear power in postwar Britain to show that the Treasury was not the problem in these cases.
Tom Kelsey
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Historical Development of Skiing: Case Study in Durmitor Area [PDF]
Sport Mont, 2017 The objective of this study is the history of skiing, while the main goal will be the historical development of skiing in the mountain Durmitor area in Montenegro. The study consists two goals.
Rajko Milašinović, Duško Bjelica
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Species composition on reclaimed ski runs compared with unseeded areas [PDF]
Journal of Range Management, 2001 The cover of native and non-native introduced plants was compared between seeded (reclaimed) ski runs and adjacent or nearby unseeded (control) areas at a managed ski area in northern Arizona to determine the potential effects of revegetation efforts on plant species composition of the area. Although vegetative cover was similar, plant species richness
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The Ladies’ Alpine Club, Embattled Collaboration and International Communities of Knowledge, 1907–39
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article considers the development of the Ladies’ Alpine Club from its inception until the Second World War through its Yearbooks, articles and lectures, as part of a community of knowledge which was devoted to international mountaineering.
James Watts
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The ‘Great Frost’ of 1708–9 in Britain and the Condescensions of Posterity
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores the ‘great frost’ of 1709 and its impact on economic life in Britain, challenging a popular view that, based on gross domestic product (GDP) estimates, it was catastrophic. It shows that the annual GDP figures for the period have such wide error margins that they cannot establish the scale of the disruption; that the ...
Julian Hoppit
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
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TRANSNATIONAL GENTRIFICATION IN NISEKO, JAPAN: A Model of Displacement Led by Linked Migration
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Transnational gentrification scholarship has provided insights into how transnational migration reshapes urban areas, yet its analytical lens has rarely extended to peripheral rural contexts outside Euro‐American settings, where distinct actors and mechanisms may emerge.
Ni Yan +8 more
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Resilience and Redevelopment Using Adaptive Strategies for Local Ski Areas in Hokkaido, Japan
Mountain Research and DevelopmentJapan's ski industry has experienced a prolonged decline since the late 1990s, with skier numbers falling by 76% between 1998 and 2020. This has led to widespread closures of small and municipally operated ski areas.
Shumpei Kurosawa
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A Pandemic in Times of Global Tourism: Superspreading and Exportation of COVID-19 Cases from a Ski Area in Austria. [PDF]
J Clin Microbiol, 2020 Correa-Martínez CL +9 more
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