Climate Change in the European Alps
Subtitle: Adapting Winter Tourism and Natural Hazards Management
Publisher: oecd publishing
Published: January 18, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9789264031685
Subjects: Nonfiction / Economics; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Natural Disasters; Weather; Nature; Alps Region; Climatic changes; Hazard mitigation; Tourism; Nature/Ecology
Description: This report assesses the implications of climate change on winter tourism and natural hazards management in the European Alps, with a particular focus on how these activities can adapt to climate change. The report presents the first systematic cross-country analysis of the effects of climate change on snow-reliability in the European Alps. It also examines the implications of climate change for a range of natural hazards prevalent in the Alps, with a particular focus on frameworks and financial mechanisms to manage natural hazards in three countries: France, Switzerland and Austria. Technological and behavioural adaptation measures, together with institutional structures and risk transfer mechanisms, are also reviewed.