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Articles | Volume 80, issue 4
Articles | Volume 80, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-80-363-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-80-363-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 80, issue 4
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28 Oct 2025
Standard article |  | 28 Oct 2025

The “inhabitant footprints” of second home owners in Alpine resort communities: anyone at home?

Quentin Benoît Guillaume Drouet

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Short summary
The demographic trends of major Alpine ski resort municipalities are contrasted. Estimating their population is challenging due to multilocal lifestyles of permanent residents, seasonal workers, and second home owners. We propose an “inhabitant footprint” approach, based on a survey to analyse how second home owners influence year-round living dynamics in eight Alpine municipalities. The results show ambivalent outcomes depending on the resorts, household situations, and housing characteristics.
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