Urbanizing the Alps : : Densification Strategies for High-Altitude Villages / / Fiona Pia.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Pia, Fiona,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)

For plenty years, many popular mountain resorts have seen largely uncontrolled development consisting of the multiplication of archetypal chalet-style houses. This is usually accompanied by roadbuilding for private cars. In order to protect these tourist destinations and their natural environs from further uncontrolled development, the author investigates different settlement structures such as Andermatt, Avoriaz, Verbier, Zermatt,and Whistler-Blackcomb. On the basis of detailed graphical analyses, she develops groundbreaking strategies for urban densification and suitable mobility management, which can also be transferred to other tourist areas.

Viele beliebte Gebirgsorte entwickeln sich seit Jahrzehnten weitgehend unkontrolliert durch Multiplikation archetypischer Chalets. Damit geht zumeist die Erschließung durch den privaten Autoverkehr einher. Um die umgebenden Tourismus- und Naturgebiete vor weiterer Zersiedelung zu schützen, untersucht die Autorin so unterschiedliche Ortsstrukturen wie Andermatt, Avoriaz, Verbier und Zermatt sowie Whistler-Blackomb in Kanada. Aus detaillierten grafischen Analysen entwickelt sie wegweisende Strategien zur städtebaulichen Verdichtung und zu einer angepassten Mobilität, die sich auf andere Tourismusregionen übertragen lassen.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abstract -- ALPINE TOWNS IN CONTEXT -- VERBIER: The Epitome of Alpine Individualism: Chalets, Private Cars, and Urban Sprawl -- ZERMATT: Perfect Model of the Pedestrian-Oriented Alpine Town? -- AVORIAZ: Innovative Integrated Ski Resort: New Prototype for Alpine Density and Mobility -- WHISTLER BLACKCOMB: Planned Expansion of an Integrated Resort at Its Size Limit -- ANDERMATT SWISS ALPS: Contemporary Densification of a Military “Wasteland” Connected to a Transport Infrastructure -- COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF CASE STUDIES: Verbier, Zermatt, Avoriaz, Whistler Blackcomb, and Andermatt -- DENSIFICATION STRATEGIES: Alpine Infrastructures Contextualized -- Bibliography, Images, Thanks