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A l'heure où l'opinion publique et la classe politique prennent de plus en plus en considération les questions d'environnement, une meilleure connaissance des risques naturels devient un enjeu majeur pour nos sociétés. Il s'agit d'en comprendre les mécanismes afin de pouvoir prévoir, dans la mesure du possible, les risques encourus par les communautés humaines. C'est au travers d'une approche géographique que ce lexique a été réalisé. Sont traités les principaux concepts et notions liés aux risques ainsi que les différents types d'aléas d'origine naturelle. Un recueil chronologique des catastrophes naturelles majeures à l'échelle de la planète clôture ce Petit Vocabulaire.
"À la suite du 'Petit Vocabulaire des risques et des catastrophes d'origine naturelle', ce lexique se focalise sur l'origine humaine de ces phénomènes. L'Histoire est le témoin des conséquences de la folie de l'homme mais aussi de sa capacité à s'adapter à son milieu et à l'exploiter, générant souvent des catastrophes sanitaires, sociales, industrielles et environnementales. De nos jours, si la conscience collective se rend compte de la surexploitation de la planète, peu de dirigeants politiques ou de sociétés réagissent. Les intérêts financiers démesurés et le désir de pouvoir sont seuls maîtres du monde, au détriment du patrimoine naturel. Un recueil chronologique des catastrophes majeures d'origine anthropique à l'échelle de la planète cloture cet ouvrage." [Source : 4e de couv.]
Entre craintes et fascination, les risques naturels, et les catastrophes sur lesquelles ils débouchent parfois, ont aujourd'hui envahi la plupart des sphères de notre société. Au point que celle-ci serait devenue une " société du risque ". Une couverture médiatique souvent approximative, un amalgame hâtif avec les changements climatiques annoncés, les justifications hasardeuses et les tergiversations de l'action - ou de l'inaction - politique, les controverses et les incertitudes scientifiques brouillent la compréhension de cette question. Puissent ces mots donner des clefs de lecture à tous ceux - élus, techniciens, assureurs, mais aussi étudiants, scientifiques et tout simplement citoyens - qu'intéresse cette question complexe.
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We live in turbulent times with continents and nations facing ever-heightening risks such as natural disasters, intense and protracted conflicts, terrorism, corporate crises, cyber threats to infrastructures and mega-events. We are witnessing the rise of mega-crises and a new class of adversity with many unknowns. The prospect of mega-crises presents professionals and students in the field of crisis management with four major tasks. First, they should engage in “deep thinking” about the causes of the increasing occurrence of mega-crises. Second, they should identify and work through the dominant trends which complicate contemporary crisis management. Third, they should upgrade institutional crisis management capacity. Fourth, they should improve societal resilience since no institutional complex can mitigate or manage these mega-crisis on its own. This book is divided into four primary parts, each of which looks at one facet of mega-crises. Part I focuses on the concept of a mega-crisis and mega-crisis management; Part II examines crisis management of mega-natural disasters; Part III evaluates crisis management of man-made mega-crises; and Part IV identifies mega-threats and vulnerabilities. Additional major topics include Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Gustav; the London Bombings; the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks of July 7, 2005; corporate meltdowns; the subprime crisis; the Olympic Games; electricity grids; global climate change; the Dutch Delta; risks to food security; and mega-crises and the Internet. This comprehensive text will provide practitioners and academics with the results of an across-the-board research effort in the prospects, nature, characteristics, and the effects of mega-crises.
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