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Glacier retreat and perception of climate change by local tourism stakeholders: the case of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in the French Alps
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Les guides de haute montagne face aux effets du changement climatique. Quelles perceptions et stratégies d’adaptation au pied du Mont Blanc ?
Published 2019-08-01“…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. …”
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Tourism, Imaginaries and Identities: reversing the point of view
Published 2012-03-01“…It enters into details for three examples: Chamonix (France), Little Italy in New York City and the gay district in Manchester (UK). …”
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Mountain guides facing the effects of climate change. What perceptions and adaptation strategies at the foot of Mont Blanc?
Published 2019-08-01“…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. …”
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La Saveur des Alpes : Les Britanniques d’hier et d’aujourd’hui en Haute-Savoie
Published 2008-05-01“…The private collection of letters sent or received by Alfred Wills between 1850 and 1880 brings additional evidence to this perspective.Finally as British migration to the valley of Chamonix has reached record figures in the last few years, we cannot but question the persistence of this relation to the mountain among some of these new seasonal or permanent residents, met in the course of a survey conducted in the area between 2004 and 2006…”
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La Sacralisation littéraire et picturale de la montagne au XIXe siècle : (re)naissances et épiphanies
Published 2008-05-01“…Mountains, that had been objects of indifference, fear, or even terror and loathing until the mid-18th century, became literary and pictorial subjects in their own right from the Romantic period onwards, especially in the wake of Rousseau’s La Nouvelle Héloïse (1761)—that radically changed the approach to nature—, and the first ascents of Mont Blanc in the 1780s that marked the beginning of Alpine tourism, and turned Chamonix (and later the Swiss Alps) into indispensable features of the "Grand Tour". …”
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Voir la glace. Tour d’horizon des sites touristiques glaciaires alpins, entre post- et hyper-modernités
Published 2021-04-01“…Spatial analysis also shows that the premium and distinctive sites are mainly located around the major Alpine tourist destinations (Chamonix, Zermatt and Grindelwald), while the others are more homogeneously distributed. …”
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Seeing the Ice. An Overview of Alpine Glacier Tourism Sites, Between Post- and Hyper-Modernity
Published 2021-04-01“…Spatial analysis also shows that the premium and distinctive sites are mainly located around the major Alpine tourist destinations (Chamonix, Zermatt and Grindelwald), while the others are more homogeneously distributed. …”
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Sharing Scientific Knowledge on Glaciers to the General Public: The Role of Glacier Interpretation Centres in Mountain Tourism Diversification Strategies
Published 2022-05-01“…Based on a qualitative approach and built in a historical and geographical perspective, this article aims to examine the territorial dynamics and the interaction of stakeholders which led to the creation of three of these centres: the Espace Glacialis (Champagny-le-Haut, France), the Glaciorium (Chamonix, France) and the World Nature Forum (Naters, Switzerland). …”
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Transmettre le savoir scientifique sur les glaciers au grand public : rôle des centres d’interprétation glaciaire dans les stratégies de diversification touristique en montagne...
Published 2022-05-01“…Based on a qualitative approach and built in a historical and geographical perspective, this article aims to examine the territorial dynamics and the interaction of stakeholders which led to the creation of three of these centres: the Espace Glacialis (Champagny-le-Haut, France), the Glaciorium (Chamonix, France) and the World Nature Forum (Naters, Switzerland). …”
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Turismo, Imaginarios e Identidades: invertir el punto de vista
Published 2012-03-01“…Este artículo muestra que tales tipos de ejemplos de instrumentalización del desarrollo turístico a fines políticos y culturales no son escasas, y detalla los casos de Chamonix (Francia), Little Italy en Nueva-York y del barrio gay de Manchester (UK). …”
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Eis sehen. Ein Überblick alpiner Gletschertourismusorte, zwischen Post- und Hypermodernität
Published 2021-04-01“…Ihre räumliche Analyse zeigt auch, dass die Orte mit der höchsten Qualität (Premium und distinktiv) sich hauptsächlich um die Höhepunkte des Alpentourismus (Chamonix, Zermatt und Grindelwald) befinden, während die anderen gleichmäßiger verteilt sind. …”
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Tourisme, imaginaires et identités : inverser le point de vue
Published 2012-03-01“…Cet article montre que de tels exemples d’instrumentalisation du développement touristique à des fins politiques et culturelles ne sont pas rares et il détaille les cas de Chamonix (France), Little Italy à New York et le quartier gay de Manchester (UK). …”
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