[Fatal cases in winter sports].

Safety and Liability in the practice of Skiing: How Law and Cognitive Sciences shape the driving factor of Winter Tourism

Witnessing an injured skier being airlifted by helicopter from a winter ski resort is an unforgettable event, reminding us of the risks of snow-based winter sports, particularly alpine skiing. The world’s media attention for the ski accident suffered by Michael Schumacher for example, illustrated a collective concern for the safety of ski areas (Allen, 2014), showing how even the slightest inat...

Evaluate the natural capacity of winter sports tourism development in rural areas Zab basin using GIS and MCDM

Western Australian Coastal Shark Bites: A risk assessment

Background As Western Australia’s (WA) Government enacts shark bite mitigation, the personal risk of shark bite in WA has not been studied. Aims Model the risk of large (>3m) white shark bite (Carcharodon carcharias, LWS) in southwest WA. Method Observational study, 1/1/1974 to 31/12/2013. Analysis of prey abundance, location, water temperature and water activity participation. Shark bite risk ...

Western Australia coastal shark bites: A risk assessment.

BACKGROUND As Western Australia's (WA) government enacts shark bite mitigation, the personal risk of shark bite in WA has not been studied. AIMS Model the risk of large (>3m) white shark bite (Carcharodon carcharias, LWS) in southwest WA. METHOD An observational study inclusive of 1 January 1974 to 31 December 2013 was conducted. Analysis of prey abundance, location, water temperature, and ...

Time to add a new priority target for child injury prevention? The case for an excess burden associated with sport and exercise injury: population-based study

OBJECTIVE To determine the population-level burden of sports injuries compared with that for road traffic injury for children aged <15 years in Victoria, Australia. DESIGN Retrospective observational study. SETTING Analysis of routinely collected data relating to non-fatal hospital-treated sports injury and road traffic injury cases for children aged <15 years in Victoria, Australia, over 2...