Title :

Risk perception, a key component of systemic vulnerability of coastal zones to erosion-submersion. Case study on the French Mediterranean coast.

Author(s) :

Meur-Ferec, Catherine [Auteur]
Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique [LETG - Brest]
Flanquart, Hervé [Auteur]
Maison européenne des sciences de l’homme et de la société - UAR 3185 [MESHS]
Territoires, Villes, Environnement & Société - ULR 4477 [TVES]
Hellequin, Anne-Peggy [Auteur]
Territoires, Villes, Environnement & Société - ULR 4477 [TVES]
Institut des mers du Nord [IMN]
Rulleau, Bénédicte [Auteur]
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines [UVSQ]
Centre international de Recherches en Economie écologique, Eco-innovation et ingénierie du Développement Soutenable [REEDS]

Conference title :

Littoral 2010 - Adapting to Global Change at the Coast: Leadership, Innovation, and Investment 2011

Country :

Royaume-Uni

Start date of the conference :

2010-09-21

Book title :

Littoral 2010 - Adapting to Global Change at the Coast: Leadership, Innovation, and Investment 2011

Publication date :

2011-05-09

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Géographie

English abstract : [en]

This research is based on a view of vulnerability comprised of four main components: hazards (marine-meteorological factors and climate change, geomorphologic process), assets at stake (identification and valuation, ...
Show more >This research is based on a view of vulnerability comprised of four main components: hazards (marine-meteorological factors and climate change, geomorphologic process), assets at stake (identification and valuation, commercial and non commercial goods, damage valuation), management (public policies of prevention and reparation), and perception of risk. Risks perception has a major position in systemic vulnerability evaluations because it gives precious indications on the variability of the points of view of the stakeholders, the degree of conscientiousness and sensibility of the exposed inhabitants, their attachment to their territory, their reactions to the hazards, etc. So it provides indications on their adaptation capacity. The results of a large survey conducted in 2009 of over more than 560 inhabitants and shopkeepers of a low and very urbanised stretch of the French Mediterranean coast (Palavas zone, Hérault) are analysed.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Territoires, Villes, Environnement & Société (TVES) - ULR 4477

Source :

Harvested from HAL