Reducing vulnerability to climate change in the Swiss Alps: a study of adaptive planning
| Autor: | Jose I. dos R. Furtado, Astrid Wallner, Margot Hill |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Atmospheric Science
Global and Planetary Change Adaptive capacity business.industry Environmental resource management Vulnerability Climate change Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Management Monitoring Policy and Law Diversification (marketing strategy) Geography Effects of global warming business SWOT analysis Tourism Strengths and weaknesses |
| Zdroj: | Climate Policy. 10:70-86 |
| ISSN: | 1752-7457 1469-3062 |
| DOI: | 10.3763/cpol.2008.0536 |
| Popis: | The Swiss Alps will experience pronounced effects of climate change due to the combination of their latitudinal positioning, altitude and unique ecosystems, placing socio-economic stresses on alpine communities, many of which rely on seasonal tourism. Studies into tourism adaptation within the Swiss Alps have so far focused on the technical adaptation options of alpine stakeholders, rather than perceptions of adaptation to climate change at the operational and community level. This article investigates attitudes to adaptation in two alpine regions within Switzerland's well-established decentralized political framework, through semi-structured qualitative interviews. Stakeholders focused almost entirely on maintaining the status quo of winter tourism, through technical or marketing measures, with mixed attitudes towards climatic impacts. A matrix based on the relative internal strengths and weaknesses, external opportunities and threats of adaptation measures (a SWOT framework) was used to assess the measu... |
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