Glacier tourism and climate change: effects, adaptations, and perspectives in the Alps
International audience Climate change strongly affects mountain tourism activities. Glacier tourism is highly affected by the retreat of glaciers. However, research on the effects and adaptations of glacier tourism to climate change is scarce in Europe. By analysing the glacio-geomorphological liter...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.qanzjw 2023-05-15T17:57:44+02:00 Glacier tourism and climate change: effects, adaptations, and perspectives in the Alps Salim, Emmanuel Ravanel, Ludovic Bourdeau, Philippe Deline, Philip Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne (EDYTEM) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry ) 2020-2026, Edytem Equipe Morphodynamiques Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry ) 2020-2026, Edytem Equipe Sociétés Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales (PACTE) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble (IEPG ) Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) Labex Item + projet Alcotra 2021-12-01 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-021-01849-0 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03418232/file/Preprint_REEC.pdf https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03418232 en eng HAL CCSD Springer Verlag halshs-03418232 doi:10.1007/s10113-021-01849-0 10670/1.qanzjw https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03418232/file/Preprint_REEC.pdf https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03418232 Hyper Article en Ligne - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société ISSN: 1436-3798 EISSN: 1436-378X Regional Environmental Change Regional Environmental Change, Springer Verlag, 2021, 21 (4), ⟨10.1007/s10113-021-01849-0⟩ Glacier tourism Climate change Adaptation Transition European Alps Geomorphological processes geo envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2021 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-021-01849-0 2023-01-22T16:36:15Z International audience Climate change strongly affects mountain tourism activities. Glacier tourism is highly affected by the retreat of glaciers. However, research on the effects and adaptations of glacier tourism to climate change is scarce in Europe. By analysing the glacio-geomorphological literature, semi-structured interviews, and observations at six major Alpine glacier tourism sites, we aim to identify the physical processes that affect glacier tourism in the Alps and how stakeholders perceive and adapt to them. The results reveal that glacier retreat and the associated paraglacial dynamics and permafrost warming strongly affect glacier tourism. Stakeholders perceive six main issues: management, itinerary, infrastructure, attractiveness, safety, and activity. In response, they have been adapting with eight strategies: management change, technical means implementation, mitigation, diversification, access and itinerary maintenance, heritage development, planning, and implementation of transformation projects. These strategies are discussed regarding their relevance to tourism model transition to guarantee future sustainability. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost Unknown Regional Environmental Change 21 4 |
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International audience Climate change strongly affects mountain tourism activities. Glacier tourism is highly affected by the retreat of glaciers. However, research on the effects and adaptations of glacier tourism to climate change is scarce in Europe. By analysing the glacio-geomorphological literature, semi-structured interviews, and observations at six major Alpine glacier tourism sites, we aim to identify the physical processes that affect glacier tourism in the Alps and how stakeholders perceive and adapt to them. The results reveal that glacier retreat and the associated paraglacial dynamics and permafrost warming strongly affect glacier tourism. Stakeholders perceive six main issues: management, itinerary, infrastructure, attractiveness, safety, and activity. In response, they have been adapting with eight strategies: management change, technical means implementation, mitigation, diversification, access and itinerary maintenance, heritage development, planning, and implementation of transformation projects. These strategies are discussed regarding their relevance to tourism model transition to guarantee future sustainability. |
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Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne (EDYTEM) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry ) 2020-2026, Edytem Equipe Morphodynamiques Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry ) 2020-2026, Edytem Equipe Sociétés Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales (PACTE) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble (IEPG ) Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) Labex Item + projet Alcotra |
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