Mountain guides facing the effects of climate change. What perceptions and adaptation strategies at the foot of Mont Blanc?

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serval:BIB_2943BE64547A
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Mountain guides facing the effects of climate change. What perceptions and adaptation strategies at the foot of Mont Blanc?
Journal
Revue de géographie alpine
Author(s)
Salim Emmanuel, Mourey Jacques, Ravanel Ludovic, Picco Pietro, Gauchon Christophe
ISSN
0035-1121
1760-7426
Publication state
Published
Issued date
15/12/2019
Number
107-4
Language
english
Abstract
The evolution of the high Alpine mountain environment, especially the cryosphere that faces climate change, deeply modifies the human activities that take place there. The mountaineering routes are directly impacted and they sometimes become inaccessible. In order to recover a good balance, adaptation is necessary. Mountain guides are among the most dependent professionals on the field on which they practice. As a result, they are probably the most impacted professionals but, at the same time, they are also those who can produce a lot of adaptation strategies. The aim of this paper is therefore to identify how mountain guides from Chamonix and Courmayeur are impacted and the different adaptation strategies they developed to face climate change. By this cross-border study, using quantitative and qualitative methods, this paper is also showing that the adaptation strategies are controlled by the territory dynamics.
Keywords
guide, high mountain, adaptation, climate change, perception
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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15/02/2022 12:51
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15/02/2022 13:01
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