The future impact of climate change on alpine winter tourism: A high-resolution simulation system in the German and Austrian alps

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-120

  Soboll, Anja ^a   Dingeldey, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Climate change; Regional impact; Scenario technique; Ski tourism; Societal change

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WINTER;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; GERMANY;

EID: 84856182878     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2011.610895     Document Type: Article

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