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Risks and sustainability of outdoor ski resorts in China under climate changes
npj Climate and Atmospheric ScienceGlobal warming is jeopardizing the artificial snow making conditions, shortening outdoor ski resorts opening days and increasing operation cost, severely threatening the sustainability of outdoor ski industry.
Yanqiang Wei +5 more
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Spatial Patterns of China’s Ski Resorts and Their Influencing Factors: A Geographical Detector Study
Sustainability, 2021 This study uses geographic information systems (GIS) and geographical detector techniques to explore the national and regional pattern of the spatial distribution of China’s ski resorts, and quantitatively identifies the main factors that influence their
Ming-Hsiang Chen, Yan Fang, Yiyi Jiang
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Potential impacts of climate change on the spatial distribution of Chinese ski resorts
Advances in Climate Change Research, 2023 Chinese skiing tourism is rapidly developing, but it will be potentially affected by snow resources and climate conditions. This study systematically analysed the spatial characteristics of snow resources, climatic conditions and ski resorts in China ...
Zhenyu HAN
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Classification of ski resorts in Europe
Наука. Инновации. Технологии, 2022 The use of the multivariate classification method allowed defining two groups of parameters («primary» and «auxiliary»), whose sum is a criterion for the attractiveness of ski resorts for tourists (the «index of tourist attractiveness of ski resorts ...
Marina Georgigevna Krapivina +1 more
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Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies of Spanish Catalan Alpine Ski Resorts
Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2020 Ski tourism in Catalonia has long been a fundamental socioeconomic asset for the Pyrenees region. However, in recent years some studies increasingly warn about the dubious future viability of most ski resorts as a result of climate change, and recommend ...
David Sauri, Joan Carles Llurdés
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Skin Cancer Prevalence in Outdoor Workers of Ski Resorts
Journal of Skin Cancer, 2020 Background. Snow reflectivity and altitude increase the exposure of ski resort workers to solar ultraviolet radiation. The aim was to assess the presence of skin cancer in ski resorts workers and compare it with other groups of outdoor workers reviewing ...
Yolanda Gilaberte +9 more
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Generating socially responsible events at ski resorts
International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2020 This study examines how ski resorts can manage events that are sustainable, while also balancing the needs of consumers and local workers. Using a mixed-method approach, quantitative results (from 710 ski tourists) highlight the influence of community-centric Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Orientation towards Sporting Events (OSE) on the ...
Thompson, Jamie, Taheri, Babak
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Auditing Marketing and the Use of Social Media at Ski Resorts
Sustainability, 2019 Mountain and snow tourism are sectors of immense social and economic importance that are developed in an especially sensitive environmental context. A large part of this tourism is channeled through ski resorts.
Teodoro Luque-Martínez +2 more
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SkiVis: Visual Exploration and Route Planning in Ski Resorts [PDF]
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2023 Optimal ski route selection is a challenge based on a multitude of factors, such as the steepness, compass direction, or crowdedness. The personal preferences of every skier towards these factors require individual adaptations, which aggravate this task.
Julius Rauscher +3 more
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ANALYSIS OF THE SOUNDSCAPE OF SKI RESORTS IN BAD HOFGASTEIN (AUSTRIA) AND BIAŁKA TATRZAŃSKA (POLAND) [PDF]
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Formatio Circumiectus, 2023 Aim of the study: Firstly, due to the different sizes and spatial organization of ski resorts, it is important to determine whether there is a local differentiation of the sound landscape within one resort.
Magdalena Maria Malec, Tomasz Kotowski
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