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Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes, Volume 70, Issue 1, Spring / printemps 2026.Résumé Dans un contexte régional alimenté par la multiplication des tensions autour de l'accès, de l'usage et du contrôle des ressources naturelles, les mangroves de Douala se révèlent être un terrain emblématique pour apprécier la conflictualité socio‐environnementale à l'échelle urbaine.
Roussel Lalande Teguia Kenmegne +2 more
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L’information sur les risques majeurs à l’échelle communale : Occurrence et facteurs explicatifs du DICRIM, un outil préventif sous-utilisé [PDF]
, 2013 International audienceL'information sur les risques majeurs à l'échelle communale Occurrence et facteurs explicatifs du DICRIM, un outil préventif sous-utilisé The disclosure information on major risks for municipalities-Distribution and analysis of the ...
Douvinet, Johnny +5 more
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La avenida de 22 de octubre de 1948 en la cuenca del Segura. Revisión y análisis
Estudios Geográficos, 2012 La riada de 19 de octubre de 1879 que afectó a la cuenca del río Segura marca un punto de inflexión en la política de defensa contra avenidas a nivel internacional.
Alfredo Pérez Morales +1 more
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Aboriginal flood narratives and the thunder complex in Southeast Asia
Archaeology in Oceania, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 1-16, April 2025.Abstract The ancestors of the dingo were brought to mainland Australia around 4000 years ago by people who arrived by boat. The identity of these voyagers from the north, however, and the nature of their interactions with the Aboriginal population of Australia, are unknown.
Adam Brumm, Gregory Forth
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Stratégies d’adaptation et réduction de la vulnérabilité
Espace populations sociétés, 2017 The reduction of flood vulnerability is often presented as an objective. However, the increase of buildings into flooded area highlights the ineffectiveness of global strategies of risk management and the trend often to neglect the changes in natural ...
Gwenaël Jouannic +6 more
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International Social Security Review, Volume 78, Issue 2-3, Page 145-171, April-September 2025.Abstract Public works programmes (PWPs) are pervasively used to tackle poverty and unemployment, and to build infrastructure and skills in low‐ and middle‐income countries. While their impacts on poverty, food security and labour outcomes have been widely documented, there is little research focusing on the role of PWPs in supporting household climate ...
Francesco Burchi +3 more
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Servicesheds connect people to the landscapes upon which they depend
People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 112-126, January 2025.Abstract Ecosystem services (ES) are benefits people receive from nature. To sustain these benefits, we need to spatially connect communities benefitting from specific ES with landscape features that generate the ES. A variety of process‐based models support ES assessments by estimating the biophysical supply of ES that comes from landscapes.
Yiyi Zhang +7 more
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Modélisation et simulation du risque d'inondation en milieu urbain méditerranéen [PDF]
, 2001 Natural, technological, economical, or sanitary risk, whatever origin it has, is a constant concern to oursociety. In this communication, we shall focus our attention on a key aspect of risk, that is its complexity in associatingrandom and vulnerability.
Provitolo, Damienne
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River Research and Applications, Volume 40, Issue 10, Page 1787-1800, December 2024.Abstract River bank erosion and river channel migration are geomorphic processes that can result in significant hazards when there are impacts to humans or infrastructure. Unlike flooding, there are limited national guidelines in Canada that provide recommendations on how to best assess riverine erosion hazards. Instead regional and local jurisdictions
C. Kupferschmidt, A. D. Binns
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L’urbanisation de la ville de Ninh Binh dans le delta du fleuve rouge (Vietnam) : Mise en perspective des forces et faiblesses de la gestion du risque d’inondation [PDF]
, 2008 Les problèmes associés à la gestion des risques d’inondation sont une question d’actualité, mais aussi source de polémique. En effet, la manière dont ces risques sont gérés suscite généralement des avis très tranchés, les uns très positifs, les autres ...
Mottet, Éric, Roche, Yann
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