La gestion du risque en France: Contre ou avec le territoire?

Abstract

Natural hazards are intrinsic to the place where they occur. Despite the attempt to take account of the local context, risk management policies consider separately hazard and the specific geographic area. However, historical examples show that this dichotomic approach has not always been in force. In the Roussillon, in the XVIIIth century, rural communities lived with hazard. They managed the place where they lived, rather than a hazard on an area. A new system of values can explain this change. We relate this change to the appearance of a new system of values, modifying representations and changing the balance of power between stakeholders, and their relation to authority. © Armand colin.