Winter Tourism and Climate Change in the Alps: An Assessment of Resource Consumption, Snow Reliability, and Future Snowmaking Potential

The winter tourism industry is facing considerable challenges with climate change; it is increasingly responding with investments in snowmaking facilities. We present a study on 3 tourism destinations in the Swiss Alps that addressed resource consumption of snowmaking, snow reliability, and future s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Mountain Research and Development. - International Mountain Society. - 31(2011), 3, Seite 229-236
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Veröffentlicht: 2011
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Mountain Research and Development
Schlagworte:Artificial snow technical snow snowmaking climate change ski piste Alpine ecosystems sustainability Switzerland Behavioral sciences Physical sciences mehr... Environmental studies Economics Biological sciences