Political ecology of skiing in the Catalan Pyrenees: between private initiative and public rescue
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https://doi.org/10.25145/j.pasos.2024.22.002Keywords:
Winter tourism, Ski resorts, Political Ecology, Gentrification, Catalan PyreneesAbstract
The interactions between private economic interests and public institutions have played a fundamental role in the historical deployment of the ski tourism industry in the Catalonian Pyrenees. Most ski resorts have endured significant economic crises that have forced their closure or that have been resolved thanks to State bailouts until they ended up in the hands of the autonomic government. The importance that the public Administration has achieved must be seen as part of an induced program of tertiarization propelled by urbanistic speculation which is the main government project for the high mountains' areas. The analysis of this relationship, in times of global warming and growing social resistance, raises several questions about the future of the sector and the districts where it has been implemented.
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