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Transnational Expertise and Local Policies for the Architecture of Spanish Tourism Industry

Sila Karatas

This chapter discusses the political, economic and spatial encounters between transnational networks and national structures behind the raise of international tourist trade and local industry in the 1960s Spain. Through a cross-reading between the privatiz ...

Routledge2022

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This contribution argues that a particular scientific context made summits a place of interest for eighteenth-century travelers. This development is connected to two particular scientific practices. First, the challenges raised by making the barometer into ...

2022

Many rivers in the Balkan Peninsula are recognised at the European level for the biodiversity they host and their strong cultural heritage. However, they are experiencing significant anthropogenic changes, where their biodiversity and cultural values are o ...

2020

Cost and benefits of climate change in Switzerland

Philippe Thalmann, Marc Vielle, Frank Vöhringer, Boris Thurm, Dario Stocker, Wolfgang Knoke, Anita Frehner

Understanding the economic magnitude of climate change impacts is a prerequisite for developing adequate adaptation strategies. In Switzerland, despite new climate scenarios and impact studies, only few impacts have been monetized. Our objective is to asse ...

2019

Background: Wet markets are markets selling fresh meat and produce. Wet markets are critical for food security and sustainable development in their respective regions. Due to their cultural significance, they attract numerous visitors and consequently gene ...

2019

A General Equilibrium Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Swiss Winter Tourism with Adaptation

Marc Vielle, Camille Gonseth

Winter alpine tourism has been repeatedly identified as one of the economic sectors most at risk from climate change in Switzerland. However, all of the costs that have been estimated so far for the Swiss tourism sector are, to some extent, misleading as t ...

SPRINGER2019

Walking in Switzerland: urban and not so leisurely

Vincent Kaufmann, Emmanuel Pierre Jean Ravalet, Derek Pierre Christie

Recently, walking has been embraced as a means of encouraging greater health and well-being, community improvement and more sustainable means of travel. Yet despite the significance of the subject there is as yet no integrated treatment of the subject in t ...

Routledge2018

Assessing the impacts of climate change for Switzerland

Philippe Thalmann, Marc Vielle, Frank Vöhringer, Boris Thurm, Sophie Maire, Dario Stocker, Wolfgang Knoke, Anita Frehner

Understanding the economic magnitude of climate change impacts is a prerequisite for developing adequate adaptation strategies. In Switzerland, despite new climate scenarios and impacts studies, only few impacts have been monetized. Our objective is to ass ...

2017

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Tourism could be greatly affected by climate change due to its strong dependence on weather. In Switzerland, the sector represents an appreciable share of the economy. Thus, studying climate effects on tourism is necessary for developing adequate adaptatio ...

2017

Impacts of climate change for Swiss winter and summer tourism: a general equilibrium analysis

Marc Vielle, Frank Vöhringer, Boris Thurm

2017