Economic and environmental impacts of artificial snow in the Czech Republic

Bc. Jan Šindelář

Master's thesis

Abstract:

The aim of this diploma thesis is to try to find the connection between the amount of water subscription for artificial snow in selected ski areas in the Czech Republic and the weather. Furthermore, the work deals with the topic of external costs of water used for artificial snow. The work is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The first part explains the concepts of snow, artificial snow, the origin of natural and artificial snow, the history of artificial snow, legislation on artificial snow in the Czech Republic, the history of artificial snow in the world, and possible negative impacts of artificial snow on the landscape. The practical part presents selected ski resorts and then we work with data on water subscription and weather. Furthermore, in the practical part, the mentioned external costs for this abstracted water are sought. Methods as synthesis, deduction, and extraction are used in the diploma thesis. At the end of the diploma thesis is the final evaluation.

Keywords

water subscription, the environment, external costs, skiarea, artificial snow

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 31. 3. 2021

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: doc. Ing. Petr Procházka, MSc. Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / odbor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management