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Roles and Activities of Local Stakeholders Faced with Alpine Permafrost Warming: A Comparative Exploratory Analysis of Three Contexts and Networks of Actors

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Mountain permafrost warming resulting from climate change increases gravitational hazards. This interdisciplinary study compared the networks of actors involved in managing such hazards in three regions of the European Alps. Interviews were conducted with 40 people (members of local authorities, mountain professionals and private citizens) in Chamonix and the Vanoise massif (France) and in the canton of Valais (Switzerland). Data were analysed qualitatively and quantitatively using interaction matrices and network diagrams. Communal authorities played a central role but partnered with many other public and private actors. In Valais, collaboration to protect infrastructure and inhabited areas centred around communal and cantonal authorities. In Chamonix, the network of actors gave a significant role to mountain professionals. In Vanoise, the network of local actors was less dense and less well-defined, although they had high expectations regarding awareness-raising and prevention. Sources of tension existed in all three networks, particularly between authorities and mountain professionals. To strengthen community resilience, authorities should develop more mechanisms for citizen participation in risk management.
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hal-04285962 , version 1 (17-11-2023)

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Rafaël Weissbrodt, Sandrine Caroly, Jessica Marques Pisoeiro, Ludovic Ravanel, Xavier Bodin. Roles and Activities of Local Stakeholders Faced with Alpine Permafrost Warming: A Comparative Exploratory Analysis of Three Contexts and Networks of Actors. SSRN : Social Science Research Network, 2023, pp.1-28. ⟨10.2139/ssrn.4555176⟩. ⟨hal-04285962⟩
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