Cities Confronted with Climate Change : How to Break the Infernal Loop of their Coevolution to avoid Future Disasters ?
Résumé
The development of strategies to reduce vulnerability and increase
adaptation to global changes has become a major challenge for sustainable urban
development, but urban vulnerability and adaptation are not easy concepts to
understand. The objective of this study is to review the dialectic relations between
vulnerability and adaptation and to show how integrating vulnerability perception into
local urban management induces a chain of complex processes. There will be
unwanted backwards loops appearing within this chain. This may explain that the
willingness of cities to adapt to climate change can, far from the objective pursued to
reduce their vulnerability, create on the contrary the conditions of future catastrophic
events.
Domaines
Sciences de l'Homme et Société| Origine | Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s) |
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