sustainability Article How Can Ski Resorts Get Smart? Transdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainable Winter Tourism in the European Alps Annemarie Polderman 1,* , Andreas Haller 1 , Diego Viesi 2, Xavier Tabin 3, Stefano Sala 4, Annamaria Giorgi 4, Loïc Darmayan 3, Jakob Rager 3 , Jelena Vidoviˇc 5, Quentin Daragon 6, Yves Verchère 7, Uroš Zupan 8, Nadine Houbé 1, Kati Heinrich 1, Oliver Bender 1 and Yann Bidault 9 1 Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck 6020, Austria;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +43-512-507-49433 Received: 18 June 2020; Accepted: 9 July 2020; Published: 11 July 2020 Abstract: Climate change and the call for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the efficient use of (renewable) energy, and more resilient winter tourism regions, forces ski resorts across the European Alps to look for “smart” approaches to transition towards a sustainable, low-carbon economy.