Climate change adaptation in the ski industry
Climate change adaptation in the ski industry
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DOI：
10.1007/s11027-006-9071-4
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发表时间：
2007-09
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4
通讯作者：
D. Scott;G. McBoyle
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作者：
D. Scott;G. McBoyle
无论减缓气候变化的努力是否成功，国际社会都得出结论，世界各地的社会都需要适应 21 世纪一定程度的气候变化。尽管一些经济部门（例如农业、水资源和建筑业）多年来一直积极参与气候变化适应研究，但旅游休闲行业却很少考虑适应问题。旅游经营者（供应方）的适应尤其如此。供应方气候适应方面取得进展的一个例外是滑雪业。本文简要概述了有关气候变化对国际滑雪行业影响的文献，以及这些研究中如何处理滑雪场运营商的适应问题。接下来是滑雪行业利益相关者当前使用的气候适应实践的清单，包括某些关键适应措施的历史发展和更广泛使用的限制。识别出具有较高适应能力的滑雪场的特征。考虑到滑雪行业的高度竞争性质以及行业内普遍较低的气候变化风险评估，预计气候变化适应将在一段时间内保持个人主义和反应性。除少数例外，现有有关冬季旅游的气候变化文献并未考虑本文确定的广泛适应方案，并且可能高估了潜在损害。未来研究的一项重要任务是开发纳入适应的方法，以便更准确地了解国际滑雪业的脆弱性。
Regardless of the success of climate change mitigation efforts, the international community has concluded that societies around the world will need to adapt to some magnitude of climate change in the 21st century. While some economic sectors (e.g., agriculture, water resources and construction) have been actively engaged in climate change adaptation research for years, adaptation has received scant consideration within the tourism-recreation industry. This is particularly the case for adaptation by tourism operators (supply-side). One exception where progress on supply-side climate adaptation has been made is the ski industry. This paper provides a brief overview of the literature on the implications of climate change for the international ski industry and how adaptation by ski area operators has been treated within these studies. This is followed by an inventory of climate adaptation practices currently used by ski industry stakeholders, including the historical development of certain key adaptations and constraints to wider use. The characteristics of ski areas with higher adaptive capacity are identified. Considering the highly competitive nature of the ski industry and the generally low climate change risk appraisal within the industry, climate change adaptation is anticipated to remain individualistic and reactive for some time. With only a few exceptions, the existing climate change literature on winter tourism has not considered the wide range of adaptation options identified in this paper and has likely overestimated potential damages. An important task for future studies is to develop methodologies to incorporate adaptation so that a more accurate understanding of the vulnerability of the international ski industry can be ascertained.