Site Selection for Ski Resorts and Areas: A GIS Application over the Turkish Mountain Terrain (original) (raw)

Abstract

Snow sports based winter tourism development in Turkey is going under a rapid transformation with various public authorities and private entrepreneurs engaged in the proposal and the building of many ski resorts and areas throughout the country. Among the major actors of such growth are the central government, when it comes to the planning of touristic ski resorts, and the local governments or municipalities or businesses, when usually small or medium sized ski areas targeting local or regional demand for athletic or recreational purposes would be the case. This paper aims to provide these actors with a guideline for site selection of prospective ski resorts and areas. The method is based on the production of a map that presents a rated proposal for areas that could be utilized for development. The map is produced through a weighted overlay of seven indexed layers with raster data on hypsometry, future natural snow reliability (RegCM 4.3.5 outputs), future technical snow reliability...

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