Behavioural adaptation of skiers to climatic variability and change in Ontario, Canada

Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-21

  Rutty, Michelle ^a   Scott, Daniel ^a   Johnson, Peter ^a   Jover, Eric ^b   Pons, Marc ^b,c   Steiger, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b AD600 Sant Julià de Lòria   (Andorra)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Climate variability; Skiing; Substitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940792892     PISSN: 22130780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jort.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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