Behavioral Adaptation of Alpine Skiers to Climate Change: Examining Activity Involvement and Place Loyalty |
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Authors: | Jackie Dawson Mark Havitz Daniel Scott |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Geography , University of Guelph , Guelph, Ontario, Canada dawsonj@uoguelph.ca;3. Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies , University of Waterloo , Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;4. Department of Geography and Environmental Management , University of Waterloo , Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | This study employed a visitor survey to analyze the influence that changing climatic conditions have on the substitution behaviors of alpine skiers (activity, spatial, temporal). It further focuses on the role that activity involvement plays in influencing behavioral adaptations (i.e., substitution) and also the extent to which place loyalty is affected. The Modified Involvement Scale (MIS) was used to segment respondents based on high, medium, and low levels of leisure involvement with activity. Highly involved skiers were more likely to change their skiing behavior as a result of poor snow conditions than were less involved individuals. Pritchard's Psychological Commitment Index (PCI) provided evidence that less involved skiers exhibit lower levels of commitment to particular service providers than do highly involved individuals. |
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Keywords: | Skiing climate change U.S. Northeast activity or leisure involvement place loyalty adaptation |
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