Decrease of a natural resource : Evolution of glacier tourism in a context of climate change

• Main Authors: Salim, Emmanuel, Gauchon, Christophe, Ravanel, Ludovic, Deline, Philip
• Other Authors: Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne (EDYTEM), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Innsbruck University
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: Glacier Tourism; Climate Change; Glacier retreat; Motivation; Adaptation; [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography; Mont Blanc; New Zealand; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-02435180

International audience Mean air temperature is rising faster in the Alps than at a global scale (Einhorn et al., 2015). This generates many issues in mountain areas, especially for the cryosphere (Beniston et al., 2018). In the Mont Blanc massif for instance, permafrost is warming, that increases ro...