Ancient metallurgical traditions and connections around the caput Adriae by Giumlia-Mair A.

“…In the last decade several archaeological projects concerning metallurgical tradition and techniques, were carried out on metal finds from various sites around the Northern Adriatic and in the Eastern Alps. The pieces, made of different metals, are dated to various periods, between the Late Bronze Age and Late Antiquity. …”
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Patrick Giromini, Transformations silencieuses, étude architecturale du bâti alpin by Frédéric Firreri

“…From an architecture in the Alps to an alpine architecture, he dives the reader into a committed and critical narrative. …”
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Transport de marchandises transalpin by Sandra Lange, Flavio V. Ruffini

“…This paper addresses central questions of transalpine freight transport: its development and framework conditions, the resulting need for cooperation and action and the responses already given and need to be given for a more sustainable transport within the Alps.…”
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Alpine tourism by Andrea Macchiavelli

“…The spectacular increase in tourism in the Alps in recent decades has been founded mainly on the boom in skiing, resulting in both strong real estate development and an increasing array of infrastructures and ski runs. …”
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Des frontières à l’origine d’identités montagnardes éclatées. L’exemple des anciens États de Piémont‑Savoie by Alexandre Ruelle

“…At the height of the western Alps, the House of Savoy federate during modern times a multifarious territory – Savoy, Nice, Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta – in which are juxtaposed and expressed by Highlander identities ruptured because of the distinctives linguistic, cultural and politics. …”
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Initiatives citoyennes de transition soutenable et diffusion : formes et fonctions de la mise en réseaux territorialisés by Nassima Hakimi Pradels, Jean-Baptiste Grison, Kirsten Koop, Pierre-Antoine Landel

“…Based on the results of research on citizen initiatives in the Northern Alps and the Massif Central, this article highlights the forms and functions of such territorialized networks.…”
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Le tourisme alpin by Andrea Macchiavelli

“…The spectacular increase in tourism in the Alps in recent decades has been founded mainly on the boom in skiing, resulting in both strong real estate development and an increasing array of infrastructures and ski runs. …”
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Descendance différentielles, reproduction générationnelle et enfants-utiles dans une population de type « isolée » de la montagne alpine (XVIe-XIXe siècles) by Gilles Boëtsch, Michel Prost

“…By mean of population database register, we study the progeny on 7 generations of individuals and couples in a French Alps valley from the XVIth to the XIXth century. …”
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Young people and mountain by Andrea Macchiavelli, Andrea Pozzi

“…This paper presents the results of an extensive research project carried out in Northern Italy that investigated the relationship between people and mountain focusing especially on younger generations, and highlights the conditions and the expectations towards mountain hiking in the Alps both in summer and winter. The analysis was carried out by: an overview of existing literature on the subject, with particular reference to Italy; a direct CATI survey on a population sample; a direct survey on a sample of students from high schools; in-depth interviews with guides from the Youth Mountaineering Commissions of Club Alpino Italiano (CAI). …”
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Iconic Sites for Alpine Geology and Geomorphology by Emmanuel Reynard, Fabien Hobléa, Nathalie Cayla, Christophe Gauchon

“…In the Alps — as with the rest of Europe — renewed interest in geoheritage sites has grown since the late nineteen-nineties. …”
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Le cens, l’autel et la ville chef-lieu : Auguste et l’urbanisation des Trois Gaules by William Van Andringa

“…In the interior of Gaul, the basic process gets under way just after the conquest of the Alps (16-7 BC) and in the context of the preparations for the conquest of Germany, very precisely between 15 and 12 BC. …”
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Transalpine Freight Transport by Sandra Lange, Flavio V. Ruffini

“…This paper addresses central questions of transalpine freight transport: its development and framework conditions, the resulting need for cooperation and action and the responses already given and need to be given for a more sustainable transport within the Alps.…”
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Les hauts lieux géologiques et géomorphologiques alpins by Emmanuel Reynard, Fabien Hobléa, Nathalie Cayla, Christophe Gauchon

“…In the Alps — as with the rest of Europe — renewed interest in geoheritage sites has grown since the late nineteen-nineties. …”
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New specimen of an Early Iron Age brooch type from Western Transdanubia by Gábor Ilon

“…In lack of a find context and accompanying finds, the artefact in focus cannot be dated more precisely within this period; the topographical position of its findspot fills an empty area in the foregrounds of the Eastern Alps. …”
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(Dé)Connecter. Matérialités énergétiques dans les sites isolés de montagne by Marie Forget, Kilian Ayroles

“…This article aims at exploring the energy materialities in isolated mountain sites in the Alps. It questions the modalities of (de)connection as well as their motivations through a multiscalar approach, from the buildings, to high altitude hamlets, and to the integration of valleys. …”
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(Dis)Connected. Energy Materialities of Isolated Sites in Mountain Areas by Marie Forget, Kilian Ayroles

“…This article aims at exploring the energy materialities in isolated mountain sites in the Alps. It questions the modalities of (de)connection as well as their motivations through a multiscalar approach, from the buildings, to high altitude hamlets, and to the integration of valleys. …”
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Potentially toxic cyanobacteria in Trentino lakes: bloom episodes detected by monitoring data over the last ten years by Sabrina Pozzi, Silvia Costaraoss, Giovanna Pellegrini

“… This short note illustrates some algal blooms caused by potentially toxic cyanobacteria in water bodies in the NE Alps, focusing in particular on the last ten years. …”
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Reconversion de friches militaires : le refuge culturel comme dispositif unique en son genre by Fabien Jakob

“….), minutes of meetings, interviews, this research, conducted between May 2015 and October 2017, examines an operation to reassign a vast underground galleries and military fortifications network located in the Swiss Alps into a unique scheme dedicated to the cultural heritage preservation. …”
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Marginality, adaptation and farming in the New Zealand high country by Steven Kelly, Willie Smith

“…Subject to earthquakes (mainly in the Southern Alps) and volcanic eruptions (on the Central Plateau of North Island) New Zealand’s mountain areas are more generally subject to problems of erosion and land slips and in the south, irregular, extreme snow falls. …”
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Natural hazard management and sustainable development: a questionable link by Lauren Andres, Géraldine Strappazzon

“…This article examines the nature of the possible link between natural hazards and sustainable development through a study of the area to the south of Grenoble in the French Alps, a zone subject to two major natural hazards: the extensive landslide known as the "Séchilienne Ruins" and flooding from the Romanche and Drac rivers. …”
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