How important is winter tourism to certain regions in Austria? How skiing resorts are being affected by climate change? Can regions survive without it? What comes next if it melts away?

Valentina Ausserladscheider is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economic Sociology at University of Vienna. She joins Josh White to talk about her article 'Decoupling climate change: winter tourism and the maintenance of regional growth' (2024) published in New Political Economy journal. They discuss regional economies based around winter tourism, including the role of agriculture; the politics of managing economic change in the context of climate change, including the role of regional government; ownership models of skiing resorts including public, private and foreign; potential futures for post-skiing tourism in the region; and, most importantly, how they make artificial snow.

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This episode is produced by the SPERI Presents… committee, including Chris Saltmarsh, Josh White, Frank Maracchione, and Andrew Hindmoor. This episode was edited by Josh White with support from Chris Saltmarsh. Music and audio by Andy_Gambino. Hosted on Acast. See https://acast.com/privacy for more information.

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