Using ski industry response to climatic variability to assess climate change risk: An analogue study in Eastern Canada

Tourism Management

Volumn 58, Issue , 2017, Pages 196-204

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c AD600 Sant Julià de Lòria   (Andorra)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Analogue; Canada; Climate change; Ski tourism; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84994000765     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.10.020     Document Type: Article

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