STRATEGE
Abstract
The actual affects of climate change, as well as its perception and presentation by the media, by politics and society at large also influence entrepreneurial decisions and the development of a region. In this project we will use regionally adapted climate change models to investigate such issues as security of investment, uncertainty of planning decisions, and the potential for compensation with snow making in an applied research context. We desire to investigate these topics in close collaboration with one winter sport destination. Towards that goal we plan to use in a first data supplied by the lift operators and other regional data to adapt the already existing larger scale climate change models. At the same time, we will also investigate the attitudes of tourists, media and representatives of the local economy towards the topic in collaboration with the lift operators and local skiing associations. This research will be carried out by a specialized market research company. An analysis of regional statistics will document the economic significance of winter sports in the study area. This analysis will also consider the opinions of local representatives of the economy, politics, and administration, as well as stakeholders, interest groups and associations. All these analyses will result in a differentiated SWOT-analysis, which will document the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats towards a sustainable tourism development and its required re-orientation in association with climate change. Any sector specific analysis of the planning instruments applied so far does not completely meet the challenges associated with sustainable spatial development. Several international studies show that efficient and innovative solutions emerge when the development options of a region is defined in an interactive manner between the various actors. This action space needs to be based on agreed standards, which are benchmarks during implementation as well as tools for communication. One widely used framework for the participatory development of goals and indicators is the LAC (Limits of Acceptable Change). The TOMM (Tourism Optimization Management Model) represents one further development of the LAC with the explicit goal of sustainable tourism development. This research project will apply TOMM in Europe for the very first time. This strategic instrument of planning integrates local knowledge, results of climate change modelling, market research, local and regional quantitative data, and participatory regional analyses, as well as several investigations of the tourists (web-surveys) and serves as the basis for any strategic regional decisions. Its major innovation is that climate research will be integrated into the complex societal evaluation and regional development, and will also included in a new, participatory and action oriented management concept. At the same time, natural science research, social sciences and planning sciences will be integrated in a truly transdisciplinary manner.
tourism winter sport climate change TOMM opinion research
Publikationen
Project staff
Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider
Univ.Prof. Dr. Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider
ulrike.proebstl@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85317
Project Leader
01.11.2005 - 31.12.2007
Helga Kromp-Kolb
Em.O.Univ.Prof. Dr.h.c. Helga Kromp-Kolb
helga.kromp-kolb@boku.ac.at
Sub Projectleader
01.11.2005 - 31.12.2007
Herbert Formayer
Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Herbert Formayer
herbert.formayer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81415
Project Staff
01.11.2005 - 31.12.2007
BOKU partners
External partners
Manova
Mag. Klaus Grabler
partner
Planai-Hochwurzen-Bahnen Gesellschaft m.b.H
Komm. Rat. Dir. Albert Baier
partner
Assotiation of cable car enterprises in Austria
Dr. Ingo Karl
partner
Austrian Insitute for Regional Studies and Spatial Planning
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Erich Dallhammer
partner