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Evolutionary trajectories of ski resorts in the French Alps : the place of snowmaking
, 2021 Le secteur touristique et notamment celui des sports d’hiver est une activité économique structurante pour de nombreux territoires de montagne. Les stations de sports d’hiver se retrouvent au cœur de multiples enjeux sociaux, économiques, environnementaux et climatiques.
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, 2010 Mountain reservoirs are hydraulic structures in ski resorts in the mountains, used to store water in general for snowmaking. There are more than one hundred of them in France, most of them less than 10 years of age. Despite their modest volumes (5,000 to 400,000 m3) and dam heights of between 5 and 20m, these structures do induce potentially high risks
Peyras, L. +7 more
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Snowmaking and sustainability of mountain socio-hydro-ecological systems
Le tourisme hivernal est d’une importance économique majeure pour les territoires de montagne. L’enneigement naturel se raréfie sous l’influence du changement climatique.En réponse, les stations produisent de plus en plus de neige, ce qui implique d’importants prélèvements d’eau. Cette situation pourrait engendrer des conflits avec d’autres usages de l’
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Snowmaking in Austria: resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
Journal of Sustainable TourismGünther Aigner +2 more
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Projected changes in frequency of suitable snowmaking conditions for the Australian Alps
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Is snowmaking climate change maladaptation?
Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2022Snowmaking has been an integral part of the multi-billion-dollar ski industry in most regional markets for more than 20 years and is one of the most visible and widespread forms of climate adaptation in the tourism sector. Under accelerating climate change, snowmaking is projected to increase at most destinations - some substantially.
Daniel Scott +2 more
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Gains from investments in snowmaking facilities
Ecological Economics, 2016Abstract The process of making snow requires low temperatures as well as vast quantities of water and considerable amounts of energy for the air compression. In this article the effectiveness of investment in snowmaking systems is investigated (equipment, construction works) based on data for 109 French ski resorts covering eight winter seasons (2006/
Martin Falk, Laurent Vanat
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Snowmaking's Slippery Slope: The Rebound Effect of Mountain Reservoirs on Water Demand
2023Snowmaking is the main adaptation of winter tourism to climate change. It involves the use of large amounts of water, which can lead to conflicts with other human uses and ecosystem needs. The number of reservoirs used to support snowmaking is increasing, as they allow production capacity to be increased, the best cold periods to be selected and ...
Cognard, Jonathan, Berard-Chenu, Lucas
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Treatment and disposal of secondary sewage effluent through snowmaking
2010When secondary sewage effluent is converted to snow, the nutrients and residual organics become concentrated in the early meltwater discharge through melt-freeze processes within the snow-pack. The early season melt comes off relatively slowly. Providing the soil can absorb the early melt, the bulk of the nutrients will be removed even if later season ...
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Sacred Mountains and Profane Dollars: Discourses about Snowmaking on the San Francisco Peaks
Social & Legal Studies, 2008This research examines media, interview and legal-historical documentation surrounding the current proposal to manufacture snow using reclaimed water at the Snowbowl ski area located on the San Francisco Peaks mountains near Flagstaff, Arizona. The proposal has drawn sharp protest from both American Indian Nations who call the area sacred, and ...
Ophir Sefiha, Pat Lauderdale
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