Abstract
This paper focuses on the environmental conflicts induced by insufficient continuous snow cover on the ski areas in Romania. The case study aims envisions the area of Southern Carpathians, Latoriței Mountains, belonging to the group of Parâng Mountains. The area chosen to develop and improve the artificial snow system was conducted for in the proposed ski area, Obârşia Lotrului. This fulfilled a necessary condition (geomorphological and climatic) for the development of the ski domain. The methodology focuses on two main stages phases. In the first stage phase, based on the GIS, the areas that have shown problems in terms of continuity of the snow layer and its thickness were identified, while the second phase, there is a supposed optimization based on Fuzzy logic for the installation of artificial snow. The corresponding thickness of snow for a longer period of time can lead to a higher socio-economic efficiency, as well as the increase of the use duration of the respective ski area, and also a prevention mechanism to environmental conflicts that may arise. The proposed study supports civil society by optimizing artificial snow machines through a positive impact on water resources allocated to a ski area in order to maintain a continuous snow cover.
Highlights
The sustainability of the space, the mountainous one, has become a major challenge for the last two decades, especially within the context of global changes in the environment
Establishing the critical sectors regarding the thickness and the duration of the snow cover are important for the efficient exploitation of the ski domain and for a sustainable management of water and energy resources
A ski area stands out by the variety and difficulty degrees that depend on their configuration for ski slopes, plus the average number of days for practicability of winter sports
Summary
The sustainability of the space, the mountainous one, has become a major challenge for the last two decades, especially within the context of global changes in the environment. The elements and the anthropic activities are intensely affected by more and more visible outcomes, such as the accelerated glacier and snow melting, the intensification of ciclicity, and intensity of extreme phenomena. Winter sports constitute some of the most affected activities that are specific to the mountainous space by the restrainment of the period when they can be practiced. This is a direct consequence of global warming, which leads to accelerated snow melting, and diminished solid precipitations. In order to establish a balance in efficiently using the resources of the mountainous spaces, there is a need to develop new solutions for analysis and control on the relation between the natural and anthropic elements.
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