The geography of skier adaptation to adverse conditions in the Ontario ski market

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 391-403

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b AD600 Sant Julià de Lòria   (Canada)

^c MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

adaptation; changements climatiques; substitution; tourisme du ski; variabilit climatique

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955706725     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cag.12220     Document Type: Article

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