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Restoration of eroded surfaces in Serbian ski-areas
Glasnik Sumarskog fakulteta, 2009 The environmental impacts in Serbian ski areas are very strong, leading to landscape degradation and functionality losses. Construction or improvement works cause serious destruction of topsoil and native vegetation. Some activities enhance erosion production and sediment yield: clear cuttings; trunk transport down the slope; road construction and ...
Ratko Ristic +2 more
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Cambios en la vegetación debidos a una estación de esquí alpino en el Pirineo
Pirineos: Revista de Ecología de Montaña, 2001 [fr] Nous présentons une étude sur les impacts des infrastructures et actions dues à la pratique du ski alpin sur la végétation de la haute montagne. Le modèle choisi a été la station pyrénéenne d'Espot, en Pallars Sobirà, province de Lérida (Catalogne ...
D. Goñi, D. Gúzman
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SKI AREAS AND SLOPES IN ROMANIA. REVIEWING CURRENT STATE OF WINTER SPORTS TOURISM UNFOLDING POSSIBILITIES WITHIN CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS [PDF]
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai: Geographia, 2015 Ski Areas and Slopes in Romania. Reviewing Current State of Winter Sports Tourism Unfolding Possibilities within Carpathian Mountains. This study is reviewing nowadays Romania’s tourism supply (2015) – laying special emphasis on the North-West ...
N. CIANGĂ, Bianca Sorina RĂCĂŞAN
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Quaestiones GeographicaeThe construction of ski runs with artificial snowmaking in mountainous areas changes natural water circulation and leads to the activation of erosion and deposition processes.
Piątek Dawid +2 more
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Revue de Géographie AlpineThis article proposes to analyze an old project, which is not necessarily an active controversy but which was put back in the center of the debates by the SCoT Fier-Aravis in 2019.
Amandine Troiano, Lionel Laslaz
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Stan obecny i kierunki rozwoju ośrodków narciarskich w Polskich Karpatach
Prace Geograficzne, 2023 Current state and main directions of ski resorts development in the Polish Carpathians Forecasts for the development of ski tourism in the world are not optimistic.
Kinga Krzesiwo
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Assessing the Sustainability of Ski Fields in Southern Japan under Global Warming
Advances in Meteorology, 2018 This is the first study in assessing the impact of climate change on Japanese ski fields with ensemble dynamical downscaling simulations. We target three ski fields in Ehime Prefecture, a southern border area for skiing in Japan.
Asuka Suzuki-Parker +3 more
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On the multi-scale nature of ski–snow friction in cold conditions
FrictionIn the Olympic winter sports cross-country skiing and the biathlon, athletes aim to minimise resistive forces such as aerodynamic drag, gravity, and ski–snow friction to enhance performance.
Kalle Kalliorinne +5 more
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Towards an Environmental Management System for Ski Areas
Mountain Research and Development, 1997 Environmental Management Systems (EMS) developed in response to dissatisfaction with environmental auditing as a means of preventing pollution. The EMS approach benefited from the influence of diverse fields such as law, accounting, quality management, and workplace health and safety.
Peter W. Williams, Susan E. Todd
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Journal of Men's Health, 2020 Background and objective The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of short-term off-season training (competition) on body composition, physical fitness, and isokinetic muscle functions of XC skiers.
Jung Kyu Kim, Yong Chul Choi
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