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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk, et al.
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A virtual geobibliography of polar tourism and climate change
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of Sustainable Tourism. - : Routledge. - 0966-9582 .- 1747-7646.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The polar regions are increasingly at the center of attention as the hot spots of climate crisis as well as tourism development. The recent IPCC reports highlight several climate change risks for the rather carbon-intensive and weather-based/dependent polar tourism industry in the Arctic and the Antarctic. This study presents the scholarly state-of-knowledge on tourism and climate change in the polar regions with a literature survey extending beyond the Anglophone publications. As a supporting tool, we provide a live web GIS application based on the geographical coverages of the publications and filterable by various spatial, thematic and bibliographical attributes. The final list of 137 publications indicates that, regionally, the Arctic has been covered more than the Antarctic, whilst an uneven distribution within the Arctic also exists. In terms of the climate change risks themes, climate risk research, i.e. impact and adaptation studies, strongly outnumbers the carbon risk studies especially in the Arctic context, and, despite a balance between the two main risk themes, climate risk research in the Antarctic proves itself outdated. Accordingly, the review ends with a research agenda based on these spatial and thematic gaps and their detailed breakdowns.
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- Nilsson, Robert O., et al.
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Impacts of climate change on dogsledding recreation and tourism in Arctic Sweden
- 2024
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Ingår i: International journal of biometeorology. - : Springer Nature. - 0020-7128 .- 1432-1254. ; 68:3, s. 595-611
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The range of Arctic tourism supply is continuously increasing with a variety of tourism products on offer. However, climate change is becoming a more prominent issue threatening the operations of tourism businesses and the livelihood of some tourism actors, such as dogsledders. This article aims to fill the descriptive research gap that exists regarding the dependency on the physical environment, climate, and weather for dogsledding activities. This is achieved by studying how climate change may threaten possible climate and weather thresholds for these activities, and how climate change may affect the future opportunities for dogsledding in northern Sweden. The study is based on interviews with dogsledders in Arctic Sweden and climate projections from the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI). The results demonstrate the following thresholds for dogsledding activities: (1) dogsledding requires 10–20 cm of packed snow and/or solid ice on bodies of water, (2) above 15 °C is too hot for dogs to pull (wheeled) sledges, (3) cold weather thresholds are determined by visitors’ preferences and are not considered a problem for dogsledders or dogs, and (4) rain can cancel tours for all dogsledders, and strong wind can cancel tours for dogsledders located in the mountain regions. Finally, extreme events such as heatwaves, storms, thunderstorms, forest fires, heavy rain, floods, and more rapid weather changes have already affected some dogsledders. These necessary thresholds for dogsledding activities could already be jeopardized for the southern and coastal locations of Arctic Sweden. In addition, the climate projections from SMHI show that warmer days and more precipitation in the form of rain will become more common in the future, especially in the absence of global mitigation measures. However, further research on vulnerability/resilience and adaption strategies for dogsledding activities is necessary to truly understand the impact of climate change.
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- Abegg, Bruno, et al.
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Overloaded! : Critical revision and a new conceptual approach for snow indicators in ski tourism
- 2021
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Ingår i: International journal of biometeorology. - : Springer. - 0020-7128 .- 1432-1254. ; 65:5, s. 691-701
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Indicators are widely used in climate variability and climate change assessments to simplify the tracking of complex processes and phenomena in the state of the environment. Apart from the climatic criteria, the snow indicators in ski tourism have been increasingly extended with elements that relate to the technical, operational, and commercial aspects of ski tourism. These non-natural influencing factors have gained in importance in comparison with the natural environmental conditions but are more difficult to comprehend in time and space, resulting in limited explanatory power of the related indicators when applied for larger/longer scale assessments. We review the existing indicator approaches to derive quantitative measures for the snow conditions in ski areas, to formulate the criteria that the indicators should fulfill, and to provide a list of indicators with their technical specifications which can be used in snow condition assessments for ski tourism. For the use of these indicators, a three-step procedure consisting of definition, application, and interpretation is suggested. We also provide recommendations for the design of indicator-based assessments of climate change effects on ski tourism. Thereby, we highlight the importance of extensive stakeholder involvement to allow for real-world relevance of the achieved results.
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- Bohn, Dorothee, et al.
(författare)
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Public funding and destination evolution in sparsely populated Arctic regions
- 2023
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Ingår i: Tourism Geographies. - : Routledge. - 1461-6688 .- 1470-1340. ; 25:8, s. 1833-1855
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper examines the role of public funding in transforming tourism pathways in sparsely populated Arctic destinations, comparing Northern Sweden and Finnish Lapland. Our theoretical framework considers destination path plasticity and moments of change through the lens of geographical political economy to understand patterns of uneven development. This perspective helps explain how regional development funding driven by multi-scalar political priorities and global markets set structural conditions for tourism. We present a spatial analysis of public funding between 2007 and 2021 for private firms and public projects, complemented by document analysis and expert interviews. We find that public funding in Finnish Lapland has largely reinforced ‘Arctification’ and export-driven tourism in a few locations. In Northern Sweden, it has focused more on redistributing resources to micro-businesses and broader socio-economic development in lagging regions, yet with limited impacts on changing dominant tourism pathways. Public projects improved knowledge creation and networking among public and private actors but were largely unable to consolidate emerging pathways in the long run. Overall, regional development funding supported incremental change around existing pathways and had limited transformative effects in response to shocks or disruptive moments due to the rigid nature of funding programmes.
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- Cocq, Coppélie, Professor, 1977-, et al.
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A web experience exploring spatio–linguistic data : the case of place-making signs in northern Sweden
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of Maps. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1744-5647. ; 20:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Previous research has highlighted the limitations encountered in representing the dynamism of language use and contacts. Here, linguistic landscapes from five towns in Northern Sweden are the point of departure for investigating novel perspectives through the geovisualization of multilingualism, with the ultimate aim of understanding how languages in our surroundings help construct public spaces. As an outcome, a web GIS application, based on 6865 thematically analyzed photographs, was developed as an interactive resource for visualizing and sharing the data and enabling new modes of analysis and new research questions. The article describes the data collection and curation processes, app development using GIS software and software-as-a-service, the eventual app design and interaction, and the update and maintenance plans, as well as discussing challenges and considerations related to temporalities, spatialities, and technicalities. The web GIS has potential applications in spatial analysis, research communication, and education.
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk, et al.
(författare)
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Climate change acknowledgement and responses of summer (glacier) ski visitors in Norway
- 2018
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. - : Taylor & Francis Group. - 1502-2250 .- 1502-2269. ; 18:4, s. 419-438
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The mutual interaction of climate change and the highly weatherdependent ski tourism business is drawing increasing attention from the academic, commercial and political arenas. Changes in the cryosphere are becoming major determinants of the sustainability of ski areas. Therefore, there is a great deal of literature entailing impact and adaptation studies regarding ski areas, resorts, and destinations; however, research on the demand side of the issue is relatively limited. In this paper, the relationship between climate change and a niche segment of ski tourism, summer skiing, is discussed with regard to the awareness, perceptions, and mitigation and substitution behaviours of visitors to the summer downhill ski centres in Norway – an underresearched country, despite its recognition as the cradle of skiing. For this purpose, a comprehensive survey was administered to a sample of 224 subjects. The results revealed high climate change awareness but limited climate friendliness, and a strong emphasis on the immediate climate impacts on summer skiing that create a tendency towards ski activity substitution within Norway. Individual profiles also played a significant role in the anticipated mitigation and substitution behaviours. The implications of the results involving demand attitude and behaviour are further discussed with regard to the suppliers.
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk, et al.
(författare)
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Climate Change and Tourism : An Extended Framework
- 2018
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Climate change and tourism mutually interact under complexity. Initially, climate change imposes its impacts on various tourism types while origins, destinations and flows of the tourism system constitute a certain amount of the anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change. As responses to these initial conditions, tourism supply and demand engage in strategies and behaviours that allow for adaptation to impacts whereas global and local efforts for mitigation of climate change focus on reducing emissions resulting from tourism activities. At a tertiary level, one finds the rebound effects that arise from underdeveloped adaptation and mitigation efforts. These effects manifest themselves as amplified vulnerabilities and emissions due to maladaptation and mal-mitigation moves. This study explains the climate-tourism relationship with an emphasis on such tertiary dimension, and presents the extended framework by a holistic case of winter tourism.
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk, et al.
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Future Holiday Climate Index (HCI) Performance of Urban and Beach Destinations in the Mediterranean
- 2020
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Ingår i: Atmosphere. - : MDPI. - 2073-4433. ; 11:9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Tourism is a major socioeconomic contributor to established and emerging destinations in the Mediterranean region. Recent studies introducing the Holiday Climate Index (HCI) highlight the significance of climate as a factor in sustaining the competitiveness of coastal and urban destinations. The aim of this study is to assess the future HCI performance of urban and beach destinations in the greater Mediterranean region. For this purpose, HCI scores for the reference (1971–2000) and future (2021–2050, 2070–2099) periods were computed with the use of two latest greenhouse gas concentration trajectories, RCP 4.5 and 8.5, based on the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) domain and data. The outputs were adjusted to a 500 m resolution via the use of lapse rate corrections that extrapolate the climate model topography against a resampled digital elevation model. All periodic results were seasonally aggregated and visualized on a (web) geographical information system (GIS). The web version of the GIS also allowed for a basic climate service where any user can search her/his place of interest overlaid with index ratings. Exposure levels are revealed at the macro scale while sensitivity is discussed through a validation of the climatic outputs against visitation data for one of Mediterranean's leading destinations, Antalya.
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk, et al.
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Future Holiday Climate Index (HCI) performance of urban and beach destinations in the Mediterranean
- 2020
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Ingår i: Atmosphere. - 2073-4433. ; 11:9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Tourism is a major socioeconomic contributor to established and emerging destinations in the Mediterranean region. Recent studies introducing the Holiday Climate Index (HCI) highlight the significance of climate as a factor in sustaining the competitiveness of coastal and urban destinations. The aim of this study is to assess the future HCI performance of urban and beach destinations in the greater Mediterranean region. For this purpose, HCI scores for the reference (1971-2000) and future (2021-2050, 2070-2099) periods were computed with the use of two latest greenhouse gas concentration trajectories, RCP 4.5 and 8.5, based on the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) domain and data. The outputs were adjusted to a 500 m resolution via the use of lapse rate corrections that extrapolate the climate model topography against a resampled digital elevation model. All periodic results were seasonally aggregated and visualized on a (web) geographical information system (GIS). The web version of the GIS also allowed for a basic climate service where any user can search her/his place of interest overlaid with index ratings. Exposure levels are revealed at the macro scale while sensitivity is discussed through a validation of the climatic outputs against visitation data for one of Mediterranean's leading destinations, Antalya.
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk, et al.
(författare)
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Geobibliography and bibliometric networks of polar tourism and climate change research
- 2020
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Ingår i: Atmosphere. - 2073-4433. ; 11:5
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- In late 2019, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their much-awaited Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC). High mountain areas, polar regions, low-lying islands and coastal areas, and ocean and marine ecosystems, were separately dealt by experts to reveal the impacts of climate change on these regions, as well as the responses of the natural and human systems inhabiting or related to these regions. The tourism sector was found, among the main systems, influenced by climate change in the oceanic and cryospheric environments. In this study, we deepen the understanding of tourism and climate interrelationships in the polar regions. In doing so, we step outside the climate resilience of polar tourism paradigm and systematically assess the literature in terms of its gaps relating to an extended framework where the impacts of tourism on climate through a combined and rebound effects lens are in question as well. Following a systematic identification and screening on two major bibliometric databases, a final selection of 93 studies, spanning the 2004-2019 period, are visualized in terms of their thematic and co-authorship networks and a study area based geobibliography, coupled with an emerging hot spots analysis, to help identify gaps for future research.
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk, et al.
(författare)
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Geobibliography and Bibliometric Networks of Polar Tourism and Climate Change Research
- 2020
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Ingår i: Atmosphere. - : MDPI. - 2073-4433. ; 11:5, s. 1-21
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- In late 2019, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their much-awaited Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC). High mountain areas, polar regions, low-lying islands and coastal areas, and ocean and marine ecosystems, were separately dealt by experts to reveal the impacts of climate change on these regions, as well as the responses of the natural and human systems inhabiting or related to these regions. The tourism sector was found, among the main systems, influenced by climate change in the oceanic and cryospheric environments. In this study, we deepen the understanding of tourism and climate interrelationships in the polar regions. In doing so, we step outside the climate resilience of polar tourism paradigm and systematically assess the literature in terms of its gaps relating to an extended framework where the impacts of tourism on climate through a combined and rebound effects lens are in question as well. Following a systematic identification and screening on two major bibliometric databases, a final selection of 93 studies, spanning the 2004-2019 period, are visualized in terms of their thematic and co-authorship networks and a study area based geobibliography, coupled with an emerging hot spots analysis, to help identify gaps for future research.
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk, et al.
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Impacts of Climate Change on Second Home Property Values in the Swedish Mountain
- 2019
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Climate change has and will have its impacts on the tourism industry, especially where weather-dependent amenities constitute the key attractions. In this study, our aim is to assess the impacts of climate change on existing and proposed second homes in and around ski resorts in the Swedish mountains, which are determined as among the most attractive locations for such development. It is thought that, along with climate change induced natural disasters and phenomena such as landslides, avalanches, floods and permafrost thaw, property value loss (or gain) is a major climate change impact that needs to be considered in conjunction with the vulnerability of skiing-based second homes and their immediate and wider regions. For this purpose, firstly, corresponding (and lagged) states of the ski climate are treated as estimators for second home sales prices for the 2000-2016 period and, secondly, the quantified relationship is simulated according to future climate projections, based on data available from the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. The results are mapped in terms of existing and potential skiing-based second home regions, the latter with a certain focus on the "winners", and according to different representative concentration pathways.
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk, et al.
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Impacts of climate change on Swedish second home tourism
- 2023
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Ingår i: Second Homes and Climate Change. - London and New York : Routledge. - 9781000905533 - 9780367549466 - 9781003091295 ; , s. 39-55
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Second home tourism has been labelled the hidden giant of tourism. Still, little attention has been given to the impact of climate change and second homes. On the contrary, planning has neglected second homes and their users, who therefore often remain invisible in public statistics. After an overview of potential climate change induced risks for second home tourism, this chapter assesses the Swedish second home stock’s risk exposure. It is shown that second homes indeed concentrate on exposed localities such as mountain, riverine, and shoreline environments. Climate models also project dramatic change for northern environments, and thus, the presence of second homes needs to be recognised in planning to adapt to the risks of property damage as well as risks for its users.
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk
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Kış Turizmi
- 2014
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk, et al.
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Managing Emerging Destinations : the Case of Azerbaijan
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of Tourismology. - : Istanbul Universitesi. Iktisat Fakultesi. Ekonometri. - 2459-1939. ; 7:1, s. 1-27
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study aims to explore the evolution of governance frameworks in emerging destinations. The literature signals a continuum along which the frameworks move from state-led, formal governance to public-private-partnerships, where more flexible, market-driven systems are in play. In this study, an emerging tourism country, Azerbaijan, is analyzed in terms of its tourism development and institutionalization process. For this purpose, policy documents and six expert interviews were analyzed, followed by a validation process. The results revealed that the country is on the verge of rapid transitions regarding destination governance. Tourism has been prioritized on the political agenda for the past decade, and in the period from the declaration of 2011 as "Year of Tourism" to the COVID-19 pandemic, growth was registered in both supply and demand. Concordantly, institutional transformation has been initiated by launching the national Destination Management Organization (DMO) and three other regional DMOs, with new DMOs underway.
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk
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Ski Tourism, Europe
- 2017
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Ingår i: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism. - 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks California 91320 : Sage Publications. - 9781483368948 - 9781483368924
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk
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Ski Tourism, U.S.
- 2017
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Ingår i: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism. - 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks California 91320 : Sage Publications. - 9781483368948 - 9781483368924
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk, et al.
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Snow reliability and climate elasticity : case of a Slovak ski resort
- 2015
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Ingår i: Tourism Review. - 1660-5373 .- 1759-8451. ; 70:1, s. 1-12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Abstract Purpose – The aim of this paper is to present the relationship between climate and tourism development data as an example of an emerging winter and ski tourism destination in Slovakia. Design/methodology/approach – The method aims to discover the relationship through snow-reliability and regression analyses and to further implicate the consequences of such established relationship under a changing (warming) climate. Findings – As a result of the research, the authors can predict that a 1 per cent fall in snow depth and visibility would erode the ski demand by 1.2 and 0.12 per cent, respectively, a 1°C rise of the mean temperature, on the other hand, would indicate a 6 per cent loss of skipass sales. The latter finding translates into a further 6.6 to 19.2 per cent loss of sales on account of the anticipated temperature increases for the twenty-first century. The capacity of the resort for the utmost adaptation strategy, snowmaking, is also to deteriorate with the daytime/fulltime annual good quality production range to reduce from 33/45 days to 10-26/14-34 days, according to the emissions-related warming scenarios and in terms of the commonly available current technology. Practical implications – The results of the study can help the management of ski resorts to adopt strategies for the future development by taking into account the predicted climatic changes. Originality/value – This study is the first type of study performed in Slovakia and can contribute to the better understanding of the relationship between climate change and the performance of the ski tourism resorts. It also delivers innovation by considering wet-bulb temperature in snow-reliability analyses and also by coining the “climate elasticity” concept. Keywords Climate change, Climate elasticity, Cochrane-Orcutt procedure, Ski tourism, Slovakia, Snow reliability Paper type Case study
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk, et al.
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Swedish Ski Tourism and Climate Change : Agent-Based Modelling with Discrete Choice Experiment, the Ski Climate Index and Geographical Information Systems
- 2019
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Ingår i: International Mountain Conference, Innsbruck, September 8-12, 2019.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- One main goal of sustainability is climate action, which is determined by the United Nations as one that encourages climate resilience and mitigating emissions. Sweden is a leading country to follow this global agenda with major efforts on decarbonization and adaptation. For these purposes, however, detailed analyses are required to assess the trajectories by and the impacts on various sectors. Regarding tourism, which is a main sector of the Swedish economy that significantly fosters regional development, not much scientific foundation has been laid so far. This is especially true for the highly climate-dependent ski tourism sub-sector, albeit Sweden is among the top players of the global ski market, following a growth trend unlike many other conventional destinations. This study aims for a detailed assessment on the vulnerability of Swedish ski tourism to climate change and its implications and consequences for resilience building and mitigation efforts by pursuing an interdisciplinary methodology that employs and combines discrete choice experiment, geographical information systems, agent-based modelling and the newly proposed Ski Climate Index. The specific research questions are; (1) “how exposed are the existing and the potential ski areas in Sweden to climate change?”, (2) “how sensitive and adaptive is the Swedish ski tourism market to climate change?”, and (3) “what are the potential risks of increased emissions due to adaptation efforts of the Swedish ski tourism sector as well as any counterproductivity associated with further introduction of mitigation policies, and what measures could be taken to avoid any increase in such ‘rebound’ effects?”. In this respect, the results are expected to provide the stakeholders with a thorough agenda for adaptation that takes account of its interrelationship with mitigation and to contribute to literature with the interdisciplinary methodology and the geographical scope. Implications for the Nordic and the global scales are further discussed.
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- Demiroglu, O. Cenk
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Tourism, Green Growth and Climate Change
- 2017
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Ingår i: Climate Change and Green Dimension. - : Eds / Heinrich Böll Foundation. - 9786056806407
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- Foka, Anna, 1981-, et al.
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A Digital Periegesis : Implementing Spatial Research Infrastructures for Classical History and Archaeology
- 2023
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Ingår i: Digital Spatial Infrastructures and Worldviews in Pre-Modern Societies. - Leeds : ARC Humanities Press. - 9781641894692 - 9781802700794 ; , s. 205-223
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The classics have in many ways pioneered the application of digital methods to narrative spatial analysis and developed strong collaborative engagement with infrastructure, producing Pelagios, an ever-growing platform for a plethora of spatial databases and gazetteers, as well as Recogito a digital annotation tool. These two successful examples show a pressing need for community building around SRIs for early modern and medieval Scandinavia to ensure sustainable design, long-term preservation, and further collaborative development. This article discusses this development in the context of the digital periegesis project and the resources used for Pausanias's description of Greece
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- Foka, Anna, 1981-, et al.
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Heritage metadata : a digital periegesis
- 2022
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Ingår i: Information and knowledge organisation in digital humanities. - Abingdon : Routledge. - 9780367675516 - 9780367675684 - 9781003131816 ; , s. 227-242
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Over the past decades the extraordinary growth of new technologies has made it possible to extract data from literary texts and analyse them using digital tools. This chapter focuses on the process of creating an enriched digital edition of Pausanias's Periegesis Hellados or Description of Greece. The purpose of this research is twofold: to identify 'heritage data' in Pausanias and to describe the technical and epistemological parameters of their aggregation and organisation. In answering the essentially digital humanities research question "how Pausanias's literary heritage information can be best organised and connected to the archaeological record on the ground", the Digital Periegesis project is charting and analysing the relevant digital tools and methods by which extensive semantic annotation and Linked Open Data (LOD) can facilitate the organisation of heritage information in Pausanias's text and its connection to actual archaeological finds. This chapter discusses the potential application of Geographic Information Science (GISc) and Geographic Information System (GIS) for such complex pre-cartesian narrative analysis. Finally, it emphasises the importance of building geo-spatially enriched digital editions collaboratively, involving discipline specialist researchers and information organisation experts, with the aim of interpreting histories of "place".
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- Foka, Anna, 1981-, et al.
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Heritage Metadata : A Digital Periegesis
- 2021
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Ingår i: Information and Knowledge Organisation in Digital Humanities. - London and New York : Routledge. - 9781003131816 ; , s. 227-242
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Over the past decades the extraordinary growth of new technologies has made it possible to extract data from literary texts and analyse them using digital tools. This chapter focuses on the process of creating an enriched digital edition of Pausanias's Periegesis Hellados or Description of Greece. The purpose of this research is twofold: to identify ‘heritage data’ in Pausanias and to describe the technical and epistemological parameters of their aggregation and organisation. In answering the essentially digital humanities research question “how Pausanias's literary heritage information can be best organised and connected to the archaeological record on the ground”, the Digital Periegesis project is charting and analysing the relevant digital tools and methods by which extensive semantic annotation and Linked Open Data (LOD) can facilitate the organisation of heritage information in Pausanias's text and its connection to actual archaeological finds. This chapter discusses the potential application of Geographic Information Science (GISc) and Geographic Information System (GIS) for such complex pre-cartesian narrative analysis. Finally, it emphasises the importance of building geo-spatially enriched digital editions collaboratively, involving discipline specialist researchers and information organisation experts, with the aim of interpreting histories of “place”.
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- Foka, Anna, et al.
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Mapping Ancient Heritage Narratives with Digital Tools
- 2021
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Ingår i: Virtual Heritage: A Guide. - London : Ubiquity Press. - 9781914481000 - 9781914481024 - 9781914481031 - 9781914481017 ; , s. 55-65
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- How does 'digital' apply to ancient pasts? Digital methods, especially methods relating to identifying, visualizing, and analysing spatial data, have become increasingly important within the fields of classical literature, archaeology, and heritage. On the one hand, literary narratives offer potentially different ways of representing space and place than the usual cartographic maps to which we have become accustomed. On the other hand, by virtue of being able to locate cultural artefacts in space – where they were found, through whose hands they have passed, where they reside now, where they were produced and circulated– it becomes possible to construct biographies or even itineraries of objects that offer richer ways of understanding their use and agency. Unique in all classical literature, Pausanias’s second-century CE Periegesis Hellados presents an example of both types of spatial representation – a narrative that describes places of interest in the Greek landscape as well as the notable objects found there. This chapter discusses some of the ways in which Pausanias’s narrative of Greek heritage is good to consider when attempting to use digital methods for analysing the entanglements of place, people, ando bjects in a textual geography.
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- Foka, Anna, 1981-, et al.
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Semantically geo-annotating an ancient Greek "travel guide" : Itineraries, Chronotopes, Networks, and Linked Data
- 2020
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Ingår i: GeoHumanities'20. - New York, NY, United States : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). - 9781450381635 ; , s. 1-9
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Pausanias's second-century CE Periegesis Hellados presents a ten-volume grand tour of the Greek mainland. After the post-enlightenment rediscovery of ancient Greek literature, his Description of Greece proved highly influential as a guidebook to Greece's antiquities, directing travellers and archaeologists alike to uncovering and interpreting major sites, notably at Athens, Corinth and Olympia. Recent studies focusing on his Description as a narrative, however, have drawn attention to the textual construction of space, and the different ways in which space and place are conceptualised and related to each other. This paper outlines the initial work of the Digital Periegesis project, which is using semantic geo-annotation to capture and analyse the forms of space within and the spatial form of this narrative. In particular, it discusses the challenges and affordances of using geo-parsing, spatio-temporal analysis, network analysis, and Linked Open Data (LOD) for rethinking the geographies of a non-modern literary text as based more on topological connections than topographic proximity.
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- Foka, Anna, 1981-, et al.
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Visualizing Pausanias’s Description of Greece with contemporary GIS
- 2022
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Ingår i: Digital Scholarship in the Humanities. - : Oxford University Press. - 2055-7671 .- 2055-768X. ; 37:3, s. 716-724
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This progress article focuses on an overview of the potential and challenges of using contemporary Geographic Information System (GIS) applications for the visual rendering and analysis of textual spatial data. The case study is an ancient traveling narrative, Pausanias’s Description of Greece (Periegesis Hellados) which was written in the second century CE. First, we describe the process of converting the volumes to spatial data using a customized version of the open-source digital semantic annotation platform Recogito. Then the focus shifts to the implementation of collected and organized spatial data to a number of GIS applications: namely Google Maps, DARIAH Geo-Browser, Gephi, Palladio and ArcGIS. Through empirical experimentation with spatial data and their implementation in different platforms, our paper charts the ways in which contemporary GIS applications may be implemented to cast new light on ancient understandings of identity, space, and place.
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- Lundmark, Linda, 1975-, et al.
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Dogs, frogs and degrowth : sustainable development and arctification as a destination development dilemma in northern Sweden
- 2024
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Ingår i: Tourism destination development. - Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter. - 9783110794021 - 9783110794090 - 9783110794311
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The North of Sweden is a part of Arctic Europe that includes both wilderness and expansive industrial developments. Both contribute substantially to attracting tourism. In this chapter, the North of Sweden (Arctic Sweden) is used to illustrate how and in what ways nature and nature experiences are utilised for sustainable destination development. Furthermore, that development is connected to issues of degrowth, arctification and the possibilities of regenerative tourism. Here, two cases from Arvidsjaur are used to illustrate different levels of sustainable development involved in destination planning and development: that of the private and that of the public. The cases are the Frog Spring (Swedish: Grodkällan, Sami: Tsuobbuoája), which is used to discuss public destination development in a sparsely populated place, and the dogsledding companies which are used to illustrate (as part of) degrowth ideologies on an individual level. Adding to the current debates on degrowth we want to bring together and highlight the complexity and nuance of public destination development based on ideas of sustainable development and outdoor recreation activities locally and the individual motivations for setting up and running a business based on degrowth ideologies to look at how trends affect the outcome of such endeavours. We draw on interviews, documents and publicly available online material, all of which provide insights into strategies, plans and businesses on the local level. Results suggest that although the awareness of the need for sustainable development and the will of public actors to contribute to it are high, the outcome of development and management using such frameworks does not necessarily lead to sustainable destination development as seen from a holistic point of view. This also holds for private entrepreneurs who, as individuals, are seeking a sustainable mode of life and income.
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- Mayer, Marius, et al.
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Microclimatic volatility and elasticity of glacier skiing demand
- 2018
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Ingår i: Sustainability. - : MDPI. - 2071-1050. ; 10:10
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The effects of climate conditions and weather on ski tourism have become a hot topic as the negative impacts of climate change on ski tourism become increasingly visible. This study aims at measuring the significance and magnitude of long-term diurnal and daily weather conditions on lift frequentation at an Austrian glacier ski area in terms of the winter and the summer skiing offers. In doing so, it utilizes an autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (ARCH) model to reveal and quantify any volatility associated with ski area visitation and then employs regression models to account for any microclimatic elasticity of glacier skiing demand. The main findings reveal a significant volatility in ski area visitation, especially during the summer seasons. While this study does not aim for an ultimate determination on the reasons for such volatility, skiing demand models illustrate the importance of thermal comfort, especially wind chill factor (WCF), as a major determinant of demand sensitivity for glacier skiing as well as non-skier visits during the summer season. Significant, albeit inelastic, relationships between other microclimatic characteristics, such as snow depth and relative humidity, with visitation and lift frequentation are also identified. Based on these findings, implications according to a changing climate and practical suggestions on the sustainability of winter and summer skiing activities are provided.
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- Morin, Samuel, et al.
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Pan-European meteorological and snow indicators of climate change impact on ski tourism
- 2021
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Ingår i: Climate Services. - : Elsevier. - 2405-8807. ; 22
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Ski tourism plays a major socio-economic role in the snowy and mountainous areas of Europe such as the Alps, the Pyrenees, Nordic Europe, Eastern Europe, Anatolia, etc. Past and future climate change has an impact on the operating conditions of ski resorts, due to their reliance on natural snowfall and favorable conditions for snowmaking. However, there is currently a lack of assessment of past and future operating conditions of ski resorts at the pan-European scale in the context of climate change. The presented work aims at filling this gap, as part of the ”European Tourism” Sectoral Information System (SIS) of the Copernicus Climate Change Services (C3S). The Mountain Tourism Meteorological and Snow Indicators (MTMSI) were co-designed with representatives of the ski tourism industry, including consulting companies. They were derived from statistically adjusted EURO-CORDEX climate projections (multiple GCM/RCM pairs for RCP2.6, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) using the UERRA 5.5 km resolution surface reanalysis as a reference, used as input to the snow cover model Crocus, with and without accounting for snow management (grooming, snowmaking). Results are generated for 100 m elevation bands for NUTS-3 geographical areas spanning all areas relevant to ski tourism in Europe. This article introduces the underpinning elements for the generation of this product, and illustrates results at the pan-European scale as well as for smaller scale case studies. A dedicated visualization app allows for easy navigation into the multiple dimensions of this dataset, thereby fulfilling the needs of a broad range of users.
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- Morin, Samuel, et al.
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The Mountain Component of the Copernicus Climate Change Services - Sectoral Information Service "European Tourism" : Towards Pan-European Analysis and Projections of Natural and Managed Snow Conditions
- 2018
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Ingår i: International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings 2018. - : Montana State University Library.
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- Ski tourism plays a major role in European mountain areas such as the Alps, Pyrenees, Scandinavia, Turkey, Eastern European Mountains etc. Meteorological conditions govern the operating conditions of ski resorts, due to their reliance on natural snow fall and favorable conditions for snowmaking. However, there is currently a major lack of assessment of past and future operating conditions of ski resorts at the pan-European scale in the context of climate change. The presented work aims at filling this gap, as part of the ongoing development of « European Tourism » Sectoral Information Service (SIS) of the Copernicus Climate Change Services (C3S). C3S is run by the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) on behalf of the European Commission. Such an endeavor requires combining state-of-the-art meteorological reanalysis with regional climate projections, followed by the application of a snowpack model accounting for grooming and snowmaking. Emphasis will be placed on the workflow making it possible to analyze the data with various levels of aggregation (from daily data to annual scale indicators, to their statistical moments accounting for multiple climate scenarios and lead times), in order to address the needs of various stakeholders, at the European, national, regional and local scales. The data will be made available freely through the Copernicus Data Store in various ways (download of raw data, download or graphics based on post-processed information accounting for user specific needs). It is expected that the data and the tools developed within this project will not only make it possible to analyze the climate sensitivity of ski tourism in Europe as a topical yet academic research question, but would also help third-parties in developing climate services specifically targeting the ski tourism industry in Europe. This contribution introduces the scientific background and general strategy for generating the products, and delivers preliminary information relevant to this upcoming operational service, planned to open to users from 2019 onwards.
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- Steiger, Robert, et al.
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Climate and carbon risk of tourism in Europe
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of Sustainable Tourism. - : Routledge. - 0966-9582 .- 1747-7646.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Europe accounts for 51% of international tourist arrivals and the tourism industry provides about 10% of workplaces in Europe. Tourism will be impacted by climate change in a diverse number of ways. At the same time, tourism is also a significant contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. The aim of this article is, therefore, to provide an assessment of climate and carbon risks for the European tourism industry based on a systematic literature review. Climate risk is the dominant category with 313 papers (74%), while 110 papers (26%) were on carbon risks. The following gaps were identified: geographical gaps, especially in countries of the former Soviet Union and former Yugoslavia; a lack of coherent studies on national tourism’s and its sub-sectors’ emissions; research addressing how climate policies might affect tourism demand; assessments of the integrated carbon and climate risks; lack of evidence on the link between tourism climate indicators and tourism demand; lack of climate change and tourism studies addressing policy and institutional tools for adaptation and implementation of adaptation measures in destinations; and research on rising sea levels and coastal erosion and its impacts on tourism destinations and demand.
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- Vítová, Zuzana, et al.
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Skiers' adaptation to downhill ski area closures in Czechia during the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2023
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Ingår i: Czech Hospitality and Tourism Papers. - : University College Prague. - 2571-0389. ; 19:37, s. 16-29
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The winter season of 2020-2021 was suspended in many ski destinations of the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study is to investigate the adaptation of downhill skiers to such closures in Czechia.The methodology draws upon an online discussion forum, providing data for a content analysis that departs froman adopted and extended version of a coping behaviour framework within the context of climate change and tourism. We conclude, firstly, that the most frequently mentioned response of downhill skiers to the pandemic’s effects on ski area closures is informational substitution, i.e. proactive behaviour e.g. by following restriction updates. The second key finding concerned involuntary/forced substitution, which further triggers strategic substitution e.g. by using different gear, equipment or methods as a tactic to negotiate the constraints. The research also shows that skier responses to climate change do resemble their behaviours against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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