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Effects of ski resort management on vegetation [PDF]
Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 2009 We investigated species composition and characteristics of plant communities in plots at seven site types within a ski resort: forests, an abandoned ski slope, an area under the gondola lines, forest waterfronts, open waterfronts, edges of ski slopes, and an active ski slope.
Hitomi Kubota, Koji Shimano
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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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Atmosphere, 2016 Many ski resorts worldwide are going through deteriorating snow cover conditions due to anthropogenic warming trends. As the natural and the artificially supported, i.e., technical, snow reliability of ski resorts diminish, the industry approaches a ...
Osman Cenk Demiroglu +3 more
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STRATIFIED ADAPTATION: Infrastructure, Elevation, and Cascading Floods in the Urban Mekong Delta
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Flood‐prone cities in the global South are increasingly the target of infrastructure projects aimed at building climate ‘resilience’. At the same time, residents of these cities take adaptation to flooding into their own hands. In this article we examine the interrelationship between household‐scale and urban‐scale flood mitigation projects in
Lizzie Yarina +3 more
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Gis analysis of the transport accessibility of ski resorts in Russia
Наука. Инновации. Технологии, 2022 On the basis of GIS technologies, the transport accessibility of the ten most visited ski resorts in Russia was analyzed: Sheregesh, Krasnaya Polyana, Sorochany, Dombai, Igor, Bobrovy Log, Elbrus, Solar Valley, Sviyazhsky Hills, Arkhyz.
Stanislav Olegovich Antipov +1 more
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Car use in ski resort: the moderating role of perceived lack of facilities
European Journal of Tourism Research, 2015 Fifty-seven percent of greenhouse gases produced by ski resorts are due to the transport of tourists to the resorts. More than eighty percent of them travel by car.
Jean-Luc Giannelloni, Elisabeth Robinot
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Ski Resort Closures and Opportunities for Sustainability in North America
Land, 2022 More than half of the ski resorts in North America have closed since the early building booms—many facing a warming climate and pressures to find water to make artificial snow.
Daniel Moscovici
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Riverine and valley systems across the globe have been central to the development of past urban centres. By AD 900, the Shashe and Limpopo Rivers seem to have facilitated the interaction and integration of early farming communities in southern Africa. This paper focuses on the application of geoarchaeological perspectives made available by the
B. S. Nxumalo
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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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The Moral (Un)Desirability of New Biomedical Technologies as Potential Techno‐Fixes
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The techno‐fix argument, used to argue against technological interventions that address the consequences of social problems instead of their underlying causes, is increasingly invoked in biomedical discussions. However, especially in biomedicine, the techno‐fix argument remains conceptually underdeveloped.
Lieke van Kempen +2 more
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