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Adapting Nature-Based Seasonal Activities in Quebec (Canada) to Climate Change

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This chapter attempts to illustrate the socioeconomic implications of climate change on alpine and cross-country skiing, golf, snowmobiling, and nature parks at a local and regional level. A transdisciplinary approach is used to create a framework for adaptation responses relevant to the Laurentian and the Eastern Townships regions. Participatory Action Research (PAR) process through social analysis tools and techniques www.sas2.net (SAS2) leads to better comprehension of perceived changes and business realities, recognition of climate risks, and identification of actions to manage CC-related risk. This process establishes an environment for dialogue, transparency, and progressive awareness about spatial and temporal repercussions for subsectors and regions. Consequently, growing concerns relate to the need to plan adaptation solutions by combining them to other significant business challenges. Interests now focus on feasible adaptation responses to the current effects and projected climate, along with its interrelated socioeconomic risks. The main aim here is to outline a more personalized approach by encouraging business-driven solutions, in such a manner that it can be used as a model to other tourism regions in the province of Quebec.

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  1. Transat Chair in Tourism – Montreal’s School of Management, University of Quebec at Montreal, 315, Sainte-Catherine Est, room R-2550, Montreal, QC, H2X 3X2, Canada

    Stéphanie Bleau & Michel Archambault

  2. Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE-CNRS UMR 5175, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier, 34293, France

    Sylvie Blangy

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Bleau, S., Blangy, S., Archambault, M. (2014). Adapting Nature-Based Seasonal Activities in Quebec (Canada) to Climate Change. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40455-9_44-2

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