Water Shortage & Snow Production

Agenda:
00:16 – Our research questions
00:37 – Precipitation of the famous"Arlberg" ski region in Austria
02:01 – Academic research on precipitation in Austria
02:44 – The Alps are very humid
03:00 – Precipitation Hot Spots in the Austrian Alps
03:12 – 4 Commandments for the water usage (for snow production)
03:58 – The water is neither disappearing nor polluted
04:23 – Lets answer our research questions
05:10 – Ciao / Good bye
05:20 – Call for Donations

Produced in January 2022 by Martin Hautz and Matthias Kreuz („Bildmaterial“ Fieberbrunn, Tirol, Austria).

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Biography Günther Aigner
The Austrian ski tourism researcher Günther Aigner (Born 1977 in Kitzbühel) received his double master’s degree in Sports Science and Economic Education at the University of Innsbruck and at the University of New Orleans (UNO, USA). Aigner’s thesis (2004) was on "The future of alpine skiing,” followed by further research at the Institute of Sports Science at the University of Innsbruck. From 2008 to 2014, he directed the event portfolio and winter marketing for the Austrian ski resort Kitzbühel. Since August 2014, Günther Aigner has been leading “ZUKUNFT SKISPORT – Research & Consulting.” He has conducted hundreds of speeches in his home of Austria and around the world, as well as published and contributed to segments on TV, radio and print media. Aigner has held guest lectures at universities in Baku (AZE), Belgrade (SRB), Sanya (CN), Hanoi (VN), Innsbruck, Salzburg, Kufstein, Krems and Seekirchen (all in Austria), and has been a lecturer for the Austrian Ski Instructor Federation. In 2019, he was a contributing author for the Austrian Special Report “Tourism and Climate Change” (ASR19) of the Austrian Panel on Climate Change (APCC). Günther Aigner is a member of the Committee No. VII (“Environment”) of the International Organization of Cable Cars (O.I.T.A.F.). Since 2021, he has been studying in the “Management” PhD program at the University of Innsbruck.