In the south-west area of Brittany (Bigouden Country) shoreline erosion and flooding have been locally exacerbated by sediment extraction and by the building of seaside infrastructures. The coastal marshes (polders) situated behind beach ridges are almost everywhere threatened by the sea, especially where built-up areas have proceeded on a large scale. The coastal vulnerability is a result of the advance of urbanization on sites subject to hazards. The cases of conflicts exemplify the difficulties associated with local policies concerning the protection and management of coastal areas. New law texts about risk prevention are put into operation, but attempt may be unsuccessful as local authorities and inhabitants overestimate or under-estima...
Le changement climatique et l’anthropisation du littoral accentuent le risque de submersion marine s...
Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée, Montpellier.International audienceIn France, coastal risk...
International audienceIn France, coastal risk management is based now on principles that denounce th...
Since 1949, efforts done to protect the coastline from erosion result in the development of increasi...
La concentration de la population et des activités humaines sur les littoraux est à l’origine de ris...
International audienceCurrent worldwide projections of sea-level rise show a staggering increase in ...
Dans le bassin d’Arcachon (France), exposé à l’aléa submersion marine, la vulnérabilité sociale augm...
Dans le bassin d’Arcachon (France), exposé à l’aléa submersion marine, la vulnérabilité sociale augm...
The high concentration of people and human activities on the coasts lead to an increase of coastal r...
The high concentration of people and human activities on the coasts lead to an increase of coastal r...
Invited SpeakerThe coasts are animated by a particularly dynamic force, due to natural processes tha...
Knowledge regarding the systemic vulnerability of coastal territories to erosion and flood has progr...
Le littoral du Nord-Pas-de-Calais consiste en grande partie en de larges plages sableuses et en dune...
Le changement climatique et l’anthropisation du littoral accentuent le risque de submersion marine s...
Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée, Montpellier.International audienceIn France, coastal risk...
International audienceIn France, coastal risk management is based now on principles that denounce th...
Since 1949, efforts done to protect the coastline from erosion result in the development of increasi...
La concentration de la population et des activités humaines sur les littoraux est à l’origine de ris...
International audienceCurrent worldwide projections of sea-level rise show a staggering increase in ...
Dans le bassin d’Arcachon (France), exposé à l’aléa submersion marine, la vulnérabilité sociale augm...
Dans le bassin d’Arcachon (France), exposé à l’aléa submersion marine, la vulnérabilité sociale augm...
The high concentration of people and human activities on the coasts lead to an increase of coastal r...
The high concentration of people and human activities on the coasts lead to an increase of coastal r...
Invited SpeakerThe coasts are animated by a particularly dynamic force, due to natural processes tha...
Knowledge regarding the systemic vulnerability of coastal territories to erosion and flood has progr...
Le littoral du Nord-Pas-de-Calais consiste en grande partie en de larges plages sableuses et en dune...
Le changement climatique et l’anthropisation du littoral accentuent le risque de submersion marine s...
Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée, Montpellier.International audienceIn France, coastal risk...
International audienceIn France, coastal risk management is based now on principles that denounce th...