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The Adaptation Policy Paradox : the Implementation Deficit of Policies Framed as Climate Change Adaptation [PDF]
, 2013 The implementation of adaptation policies suffers from barriers and limits; even though adaptation is now set on the political agendas of developed and developing countries, surprisingly few examples of concrete policy realizations are found in ...
Dupuis, J., Knoepfel, P.
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Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.Xinjiang is rich in snow and ice tourism resources, and exploring the spatial distribution pattern of snow and ice tourism resource points in the region, and the influence mechanism behind it can provide decision support for the region to build a strong snow and ice tourism area.
Ke Li +4 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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Suitability analysis of ski areas in China: an integrated study based on natural and socioeconomic conditions [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2019 The successful bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics (Beijing 2022, officially known as the XXIV Olympic Winter Games) has greatly stimulated Chinese enthusiasm towards winter sports participation. Consequently, the Chinese ski industry is rapidly booming due
J. Deng +10 more
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Crisis? What Crisis? The Contestation of Urgency in Creeping Crises
Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 32, Issue 4, December 2024.ABSTRACT Whilst research on extreme contexts has mainly studied responses to and perceptions of urgency in abrupt crisis settings, this paper examines the construction and contestation of urgency in ambiguous creeping crisis settings. It builds on the empirical case of the Alpine Region of Tyrol and the discourse that emerged around the climate crisis ...
Pia Geisemann, Daniel Geiger
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SnowApp climate service - Reliable 4-week forecast on snowmaking conditions for ski resorts
, 2021 Presentation at the Webinar on sustainable nature tourism in the Barents Region, organised by the International Barents ...
Mettiäinen, Ilona +4 more
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U.S. Skiing Employment: East and West [PDF]
, 2008 [Excerpt] The skiing facilities industry is limited to establishments that only offer downhill or cross country skiing and no overnight accommodations.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Water Science and Technology, 2009 Owing to less natural snow reliability as a result of climate change on the one hand, and the demand of higher standards by winter tourists on the other hand, the production of artificial snow in ski resorts has increased substantially during the last 20 years and is likely to increase further in future. Little research has been conducted on the impact
D, Vanham, E, Fleischhacker, W, Rauch
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Mondes du TourismeBased on the case of the project to create a high-altitude reservoir at La Clusaz ski resort in France, this article analyses the opposing appropriations of the so-called ecological transition in the mountains.
Mikaël Chambru, Marion Picard
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Impact of snow variability on the Swiss winter tourism sector: implications in an era of climate change [PDF]
, 2018 With its numerous mountain regions and its well developed winter tourism infrastructures, Switzerland is a country whose tourism sector is known to be sensitive to snowpack variability.
Gonseth, Camille
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