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Philippe Bourdeau

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1977
French Urban and Social StudiesSport and Mega-Event ImpactsCultural Identity and HeritageGeotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis

Publications

275

Citations

1,946

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

50

Publishing since 1977

Research summary
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Philippe Bourdeau studies how mountain regions and outdoor recreation (such as skiing, mountaineering, and off-piste sports) are being reshaped by climate change and shifting social practices. His work combines geography and social science methods to examine tourism adaptation, conflicts between different mountain land users (shepherds, hut caretakers, recreationists), and long-term monitoring of mountain social-ecological systems. Much of the research is based in the French and Swiss Alps and published in French-language geography journals.

Mountain tourism and climate change adaptationAlpine recreation and sports practicesSocial-ecological system monitoringLand-use conflicts in mountain areasCultural and territorial studies of the Alps

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade without a clear steady growth or decline, with peaks in 2018, 2021, and 2024 and a recent average of under 4 publications per year.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.8/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 8 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 8 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 9 publications9242025: 3 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Revue de géographie alpine×9
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)×9
  • Via Tourism Review×4
  • Géocarrefour×1
  • Regional Environmental Change×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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