Do changes in snow conditions have an impact on snowmaking investments in French Alps ski resorts?
French Alps
Ski resorts
Snow conditions
Snowmaking investment
Journal
International journal of biometeorology
ISSN: 1432-1254
Titre abrégé: Int J Biometeorol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0374716
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2021
May 2021
Historique:
received:
01
03
2019
accepted:
27
04
2020
revised:
11
02
2020
pubmed:
29
5
2020
medline:
15
5
2021
entrez:
29
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study investigates the relationship between snow conditions and snowmaking investments for over 100 French Alps ski resorts. Investment trends represent a critical issue in capital-intensive sectors such as the ski industry. The data are based on snow reliability indicators and snowmaking investments covering 1997-2014. Descriptive statistics reveal that snowmaking has been the second investment item for ski resorts regardless of the elevation or ski resort size. The study finds that snowmaking investments are highly negatively correlated to snow conditions of the prior year for small and medium-sized ski resorts. Other factors are also likely to play a significant role in driving snowmaking investment dynamics.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32462226
doi: 10.1007/s00484-020-01933-w
pii: 10.1007/s00484-020-01933-w
pmc: PMC8116227
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
659-675Références
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