Climate change in Northern Sweden: intra-regional perceptions of vulnerability among winter-oriented tourism businesses

Brouder, Patrick; Lundmark, Linda

doi:10.1080/09669582.2011.573073

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“…Detailed descriptions of Fisher's exact test and the multinomial logistic regression are provided in Supplementary Appendix-B. Brouder and Lundmark [32] and Gebrehiwot and Veen [33] used similar statistical tests in earlier perception studies. The choice of the explanatory independent variables for the multinomial logistic regression was based on the data availability and the literature.…”

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Local people's perceptions of climate change and related hazards in mountainous areas of northern Thailand

Manandhar

Pratoomchai

Ono

et al. 2015

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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a b s t r a c tThis study investigates the perceptions of local people on climate change and related hazards in Yang Luang Village (YLV), which is located in the mountainous region of the Mae Chaem basin in northern Thailand. Furthermore, this study examines the differences between the perceptions of local people and scientific observations in this area. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used, and the data were collected from various sources. Results show that nearly 45% of households have personally perceived climate change, mainly in the form of increasing rainfall, decreasing number of rainy days in the last two decades and of extremely late rainfall in recent year's rainy season. A comparison of locals' perceptions and climatic observations shows that local people have correctly perceived rainfall changes, which have largely influenced the experiences and perceptions regarding climate-related hazards. More than 70% of households have perceived droughts and floods impacts on their livelihoods but have not completely understood their causes. They have correctly perceived the landslide resulted from increasing amounts of rainfall. However, they are unaware of increasing landslide trends, flood hazards and the associated potential risks. The results are helpful to assess the needs in terms of actions and information to facilitate climate-related hazard management at the local level in Thailand. Hazard awareness campaign, training and early warning system are necessary for breaking the low perception of potential hazards in YLV. Moreover, a hazard management strategy without waiting for proof of a trend coming from reviews of the climate science is essential.

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Local people's perceptions of climate change and related hazards in mountainous areas of northern Thailand

Manandhar

Pratoomchai

Ono

et al. 2015

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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“…While the larger ski areas are located in reasonably snow secure subarctic climate zones (see Graph 4 in appendix for an illustration of Köppen climate types), several small-and medium-sized ski lift operators are found in the warmer climate zone. Recent studies suggests that climate change is a concern for winter tourism even in high latitudes (see Brouder & Lundmark, 2011 for Northern parts of Sweden; Tervo-Kankare, Hall & Saarinen, 2013for Finnish Lapland, Tervo, 2008and Haanpää, Juhola & Landauer, 2015Nicholls & Amelung, 2015 for the Nordic countries in general; and see Kaján & Saarinen, 2013 for a survey). In this context, ski lift operator efficiency is measured by the ratio of the observed to the maximum feasible output, conditional on observed quantity and quality of inputs (lifts, length of runs, quality of lifts and snowmaking).…”

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Climate zone crucial for efficiency of ski lift operators

Falk

Hagsten

2017

Current Issues in Tourism

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Abstract:This paper investigates the efficiency of ski lift companies across different climate zones in a group of countries based on establishment data. By a joint estimation of the stochastic frontier production and efficiency equations, the results indicate that ski areas in subarctic climate zones are far more efficient than their counterparts in warmer zones. Presence of a large local market and elevation of the ski area are factors not relevant for efficiency. Output of ski lift operators (companies) increases with the length of ski runs, number of ski lifts, share of slopes covered by snowmaking facilities and availability of fast lifts. Productivity is also significantly higher for ski lift companies owned by a large conglomerate.

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“…For example, research by Brouder and Lundmark (2011) exploring perceptions of vulnerability in Northern Sweden reported clear differences in terms of stakeholder perceptions of vulnerability to biophysical impacts. This research would contribute to box (c) 2.…”

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Applying a Comprehensive Contextual Climate Change Vulnerability Framework to New Zealand’s Tourism Industry

Hopkins

2014

AMBIO

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Climate change in Northern Sweden: intra-regional perceptions of vulnerability among winter-oriented tourism businesses

Cited by 91 publications

References 34 publications

Local people's perceptions of climate change and related hazards in mountainous areas of northern Thailand

Local people's perceptions of climate change and related hazards in mountainous areas of northern Thailand

Climate zone crucial for efficiency of ski lift operators

Applying a Comprehensive Contextual Climate Change Vulnerability Framework to New Zealand’s Tourism Industry

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