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The Promise of Resistance: A New Lens for Climate Change Adaptation Research and Practice

WIREs Climate Change, Volume 16, Issue 1, January/February 2025.
ABSTRACT Over the years, thousands of climate change adaptation projects have been implemented globally. While there has been substantial scholarship on the extent and nature of adaptation efforts, fewer studies have examined why and how adaptation projects are being resisted. An analysis of resistance to adaptation offers critical insights to scholars
Megan Mills‐Novoa, Michael Mikulewicz
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Spatial Distribution of Ice and Snow Tourism Resource Sites in Xinjiang Region Based on Logarithmic Gaussian Cox Model and Its Influencing Factor Analysis

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, Chao Xu, Jing Lin, Xijian Hu, Deepali   +4 more
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Faire bifurquer le tourisme hivernal ? Controverses et mobilisations socio-environnementales autour de la transition écologique dans une station alpine (La Clusaz, France)

Mondes du Tourisme
Based 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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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, J. Deng, J. Deng, T. Che, T. Che, C. Xiao, S. Wang, L. Dai, A. Meerzhan, A. Meerzhan, A. Meerzhan   +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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Investment competition among Swiss ski areas

Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights
In recent years, ski area operators in Switzerland have faced decreasing demand while ski lift and snowmaking capabilities have increased – partly using financial aid from public funds.
Pascal Troxler, Monika Bandi Tanner, Marcus Roller   +2 more
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New York State Climate Impacts Assessment Chapter 10: Water Resources

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1542, Issue 1, Page 561-619, December 2024.
Abstract Clean, abundant water is essential to the health of New York State's residents, ecosystems, and economy. This critical natural resource faces numerous challenges associated with climate change, including potential impacts on the quality and quantity of source waters—both surface waters and groundwater.
Kelsey Leonard, Stephen B. Shaw, Abraham Francis, David Hermann, Laureline Josset, Christine L. May, Benjamen Wright, Kiyoko Yokota, Amanda Stevens   +8 more
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New York State Climate Impacts Assessment Chapter 08: Society and Economy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1542, Issue 1, Page 446-500, December 2024.
Abstract Climate change is affecting or will affect the lives of every resident of New York State. This chapter examines the impacts of climate change on five critical areas in the state: populations and migration, the economy, education, culture, and government. The chapter highlights differential vulnerabilities among the state's regions, populations,
Luis Aguirre‐Torres, Robin Leichenko, Mary Austerman, Deborah Balk, Hallie E. Bond, Riobart E. Breen, David Burgy, Cassandra John, Franchelle Parker, Kenneth Schlather, Amanda Stevens   +10 more
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Climate Change and the Future of Ski Tourism in Canada’s Western Mountains

Tourism and Hospitality
Winter, snow, and mountains, epitomized by the world-renowned Rocky Mountain range, are an integral part of Canada’s sport-culture identity and international tourism brand, yet the climate change risk posed to this important ski tourism region remains ...
Natalie L. B. Knowles, Daniel Scott, Robert Steiger   +2 more
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Sediment Source Partitioning and Budgeting Over Historical Timescales in a Glacierized, Mountain Catchment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, Volume 129, Issue 10, October 2024.
Abstract Managing and living with geohazards is especially challenging in mountain landscapes and requires an understanding of catchment‐scale sediment dynamics and internal system functioning. While sediment budgeting is a valuable framework, challenges remain including partitioning sediment yield by source and grain size and addressing scale issues ...
Mike Turley, Marwan A. Hassan, Andre Zimmermann, Olav Lian   +3 more
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