Evaluating Tourist Perception of Environmental Changes as a Contribution to Managing Natural Resources in Glacierized Areas : a Case Study of the Forni Glacier (Stelvio National Park, Italian Alps)

• Published in: Environmental Management
• Main Authors: V. GARAVAGLIA, G. DIOLAIUTI, C. SMIRAGLIA, M. PELFINI, V. PASQUALE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Climate change impact; Glacier shrinkage; Mountain tourism; Perception of landscape features and evolution; Questionnaire; Settore GEO/04 - Geografia Fisica e Geomorfologia; Hand Glacier; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2434/223208; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-012-9948-9

Climate change effects are noticeably evident above the timberline where glacier and permafrost processes and mass movements drive the surface evolution. In particular, the cryosphere shrinkage is deeply changing the features and characteristics of several glacierized mountain areas of the world, an...