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

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

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...

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

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