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Suitability projection for Chinese ski areas under future natural and socioeconomic scenarios
Advances in Climate Change Research, 2021 Ski tourism is extremely sensitive to climate change and is also heavily affected by socioeconomic conditions. Although some ski areas are still profitable under current climate and socioeconomic conditions, they will become difficult to operate in the ...
Jie Deng +3 more
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Sustainable Soil Management in Ski Areas: Threats and Challenges [PDF]
Sustainability, 2017 The skiing industry often represent the main contribution to mountain regions’ economy, by providing several economic benefits and the improvement of services and infrastructure. Ski resorts also play a crucial role as an impacting factor, causing severe changes on Alpine landscape and ecosystems.
Pintaldi, Emanuele +5 more
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Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 2012 Winter sport, especially ski tourism - is one of those sectors of tourism that will be affected by climate change. Ski resorts across the Alps and in the adjacent low mountain ranges react to warm winter seasons by investing in artificial snowmaking. But
Philipp Schmidt +2 more
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Analyse comparative des destinations « neige » pyrénéennes
Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2013 Destinations in general and ski resorts in particular face an intense competition which questioned competitiveness and call for analysis in terms of relative performance.
Laurent Botti +2 more
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Some current data and observations regarding the ski slopes in Suceava County, Romania
Georeview, 2023 Current climate change poses numerous challenges for humanity. People's leisure activities are affected by climate warming, here including winter sports, in general, and skiing, in particular.
Dinu Iulian OPREA, Andrei-Emil BRICIU
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Buildings, 2023 Mature civil engineering software and platforms can provide a dynamic correlated situation of the road design, generate a quick and accurate grading design in terrain model making, and, most importantly, improve the design efficiency and calculation ...
Yaoyi Wu, Xianfeng Wu
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CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract The Internet of Things is emerging as a crucial technology in aiding humans and making their lives easier. Among the human population, a large percentage of people suffer from disabilities resulting in challenges in everyday life particularly people with visual disabilities.
Hania Tarik +8 more
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Changes in vegetation cover on Stara planina: Towards sustainable management of ski resorts in sensitive areas [PDF]
Glasnik Srpskog Geografskog Društva, 2015 Tourism is an indicator and the consequence of the development of many countries. Among the priority areas of the tourism strategy are high mountain areas with complex ecosystems. Mountain tourism in Serbia, as well as continental country is one
Potić Ivan +2 more
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Lubricants, 2023 In winter sports, the equipment often comes into contact with snow or ice, and this contact generates a force that resists motion. In some sports, such as cross-country skiing, this resistive force can significantly affect the outcome of a race, as a ...
Kalle Kalliorinne +6 more
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Using GIS Techniques to Create the Catalog of Romanian Ski Resorts [PDF]
Annals of the University of Bucharest: Geography Series, 2016 The purpose of this project is to use the geographical and geomorphological information by means of GIS techniques in order to create an atlas book (catalog) of the Romanian ski resorts. The methodology used to create the atlas aimed to create unitary,
MÃDÃLINA TEODOR +2 more
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