1. Resilience in urban development projects in flood-prone areas: a challenge to urban design professionals
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Mathieu Bonnefond, Sofia Guevara, Sylvain Rode, Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement (UMR ART-Dev), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM), Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés (LATTS), Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEM)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Géomatique et foncier (GeF), Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] (CNAM), HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM)-HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM), Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement ( ART-Dev ), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement ( CIRAD ) -Université de Perpignan Via Domitia ( UPVD ) -Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 ( UM3 ) -Université de Montpellier ( UM ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés ( LATTS ), Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée ( UPEM ) -École des Ponts ParisTech ( ENPC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire Géomatique et Foncier ( LGF ), École Supérieure des Géomètres et Topographes ( ESGT CNAM ), Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] ( CNAM ) -Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] ( CNAM ) -Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] : EA4630, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UM3)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)
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[SHS.ARCHI]Humanities and Social Sciences/Architecture, space management ,city professionals ,Small city ,Flood myth ,vulnerability ,0208 environmental biotechnology ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Vulnerability ,Urban design ,flood risk ,02 engineering and technology ,flood-prone area ,020801 environmental engineering ,Urban Studies ,[ SHS.ARCHI ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Architecture, space management ,Politics ,resilient urban design ,13. Climate action ,Urban planning ,urban development project ,11. Sustainability ,Sociology ,Resilience (network) ,Environmental planning - Abstract
International audience; This article analyses how more resilient cities can be built in flood-prone areas by looking at the various ways urban design professionals get involved in urban development projects. While stressing the aesthetic values added by water environments, urban professionals (i.e. urban designers, landscape designers and architects) also have to deal with a number of risks specific to waterways and flood-prone areas. They also find themselves facing a range of operational difficulties that can be solved either at the immediate building level or at the area level. This study focuses on four French projects developed in three medium-sized cities, Le Havre, Angers and Narbonne, as well as in a small city, Romorantin. Leveraging those examples, it provides an opportunity to better understand how vulnerability and resilience are dealt with by urban design professionals, as well as how the latter attempt to articulate the various and sometimes conflicting aspects of their projects – should they be political, æsthetic, technical or urban. This article will focus more specifically on architectural and urban forms. It will review some of the limits they present in terms of risk management, when reducing vulnerability to flooding becomes the number one priority.
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- 2018
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