Marc Pons
Researcher
PhD in Sustainability, specialized in mountain, snow, tourism and tech. Fiercely energetic and optimistic. No answer? He's raising bears in Canada.
Projects
- National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Strategy
- Challenge PLANETech 2022
- Richi Entrepreneurs Challenge 2021
- Antena 4.0
- Andorra: challenges of the future
- Andorra, Biosphere Reserve
- Ethics of the digital ecosystem
- Citizen participation in times of lockdown
- Drone Lab
- Andorra at Expo2020 Dubai
- Casa de la Muntanya
- Datahub
- PIRAGUA
- Mobile phone data analysis
- Snow Lab
- Dynamics of avalanches
- ATES
- Economic impact of ski tourism in Andorra
- SARIF
- Projections of snow tourism in Ontario and Austria
- NIVOPYR
- Following of snow meteorological episodes and avalanches.
- EDNA
- Natural Risks database
- Andorra Startup
Scientific publications
TFM
PhD
Journal paper
- Pan-European meteorological and snow indicators of climate change impact on ski tourism
- The Avalanche of Les Fonts d’Arinsal (Andorra): An Example of a Pure Powder, Dry Snow Avalanche
- Climate Change and Ski Tourism Sustainability: An Integrated Model of the Adaptive Dynamics between Ski Area Operations and Skier Demand
- Noise Events Monitoring for Urban and Mobility Planning in Andorra la Vella and Escaldes-Engordany
- Winter tourism and climate change in the Pyrenees and the French Alps: relevance of snowmaking as a technical adaptation
- Household Water Demand in Andorra: Impact of Individual Metering and Seasonality
- Different sensitivities of snowpacks to warming in Mediterranean climate mountain areas
- Using ski industry response to climatic variability to assess climate change risk: An analogue study in Eastern Canada
- The geography of skier adaptation to adverse conditions in the Ontario ski market
- Behavioural adaptation of skiers to climatic variability and change in Ontario, Canada
- The vulnerability of Pyrenean ski resorts to climate-induced changes in the snowpack
- A georeferenced agent-based model to analyze the climate change impacts on ski tourism at a regional scale
- Influencia del cambio climático en el turismo de nieve del Pirineo. Experiencia del proyecto de investigación NIVOPYR
- The effect of slope aspect on the response of snowpack to climate warming in the Pyrenees
- Modeling climate change effects on winter ski tourism in Andorra
Conference paper
- Using 3D city model platform for the analysis of Andorra's Soundscape
- Exploring the potential of mobile phone data (Call Detail Records) to track and analyze backcountry skiers' dynamics in avalanche terrain
- Remote sensing techniques for helping decision-making in the management of ski areas
- Estimació de les necessitats energètiques d’una família d’Andorra la Vella a la segona meitat del segle XIX
- Building rooftop photovoltaic potential in mountainous regions: a case study from the Pyrenees
- Impact of the car purchase subsidy policy in Andorra: an ex-post analysis of CO2 emissions reduction
- Modelling Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies for Winter Tourism in Andorra
- Predicting municipal solid waste generation in Andorra with system dynamics modelling
Oral presentation
- Identifying water supply tensions between competing users in extreme future scenarios: a case study from the Pyrenees
- Indicators and monitoring of the snow tourism: tools for ski resorts management and the future of winter tourism
- Innovative mobility projects in Andorra
- ABM for Tourism planning and projection
- Evolución de los usos de los recursos hídricos y posibles tensiones bajo escenarios de cambio climático en Andorra
- Driving adaptation in mountains through community- and ecosystem-based innovations
- Estimació de les necessitats energètiques d’una família d’Andorra la Vella a la segona meitat del segle XIX
- Tècniques de teledetecció per ajudar a la presa de decisions en pistes i la gestió de risc d'allaus a les estacions d'esquí
- Small projects for a big energy transition
- Reptes presents i futurs de la mobilitat a Andorra
- Local Scale assessment of the climate change sensitivity of snow in Pyrenean ski resorts. Snow in ski resorts and snow avalanches: measuring and modeling
- A coupled model of ski operations and tourist adaptation to climate variability and change: Insights of the Ontario, Quebec and New England ski Markets
- Spatio-temporal variability of the snow cover in different Mediterranean mountain regions from in situ and remote sensing data
- Un llarg recorregut en projectes de recerca a Andorra
- Adapting winter tourism in the Pyrenees to a future climate change. Innovation and Adaptation of Winter Tourism in a changing world
- Different sensitivity of snowpack to climate warming in Mediterranean mountain area
- L’adaptation au changement climatique dans les Pyrenees. ADAMONT. Impacts du changement climatique et adaptation en territoire montagne
- L’impacte du changement climatique sur le tourisme de neige
- Climate change impact on the snowpack and resulting vulnerability of the ski resorts in the Pyrenees
- Climate Change impacts on the winter tourism in the Pyrenees
- A georeferenced Agent-Based Model to analyze the climate change impacts on the winter tourism economy at a regional scale. Coupled climate-economics modelling and data analysis
- Impactes del canvi climàtic en el cicle de l’aigua a Andorra
Poster
- Sustainability of water resources in Andorra under global change: The effects of climate and socio-economic changes in the future of water resources
- Evaluation of water resources of the Pyrenees in a context of climate change and adaptation strategies
- Evaluación de los recursos hídricos del Pirineo en un contexto de cambio climático y estrategias de adaptación
- Influence of snowmelt on streamflow in Andorra
- Climate change in Andorra : the long term trends of air temperature, precipitation, duration of snow cover and avalanche activity
- AVALANCHE TERRAIN EXPOSURE SCALE MAPPING IN THE PYRENEES: AN EXPANDING PROJECT
- Survey on mountain behaviour and perception of avalanche risk in Andorra (eastern Pyrenees)
- ALLAUS.AD: A New Web-Based Platform for Avalanche Information and dissemination in Andorra
- Climatic trends and projections of snow observations over Andorra: the case of Ransol (1645m)
- Building rooftop photovoltaic potential in mountainous regions: a case study from the Pyrenees
- Climate-induced changes on the snowpack and winter tourism impacts in the Pyrenees
- Impactes del canvi climàtic sobre la coberta de neu a Andorra i la seva influència sobre el recurs hídric
- Plataforma de difusió de classificació ATES a Andorra
- Interannual variability of snow and fluvial regimes in Andorra. Flood dynamics: processes controls and consequences
- Climate change influence on the winter tourism in the Pyrenees (NIVOPYR). A regional approach in the CTP research framework
- Impacts of the increasing climate variability on the Andorran Winter Tourism
- Estudi de l’Impacte del Canvi Climàtic en el turisme de neu a Andorra
- Estudi de l'impacte del Canvi Climàtic en el Turisme d'Hivern d'Andorra
Book chapter
- Impacte del canvi climàtic en els sectors socioeconòmics
- Emissions de CO2 i creixement econòmic a Andorra, 1990-2010: Un primer anàlisi en el marc de la Corba de Ambiental de Kuznets
- El cambio climático y sus repercusiones económicas en las estaciones de esquí de los Pirineos. Aspectos micro y macroeconómicos para sistemas sociales en transformación
- Impactes del canvi climàtic sobre els recursos hídrics en zones de muntanya. L’aigua i Andorra