Floods

Freddy Vinet is Professor of Geography at Paul Valéry University in Montpellier, France and co-director of the Gestion des catastrophes et des risques naturels Masters course. His research focuses on the vulnerability of populations faced with flooding and the evaluation of prevention measures.

Part 1. Strategic and Technical Aspects of Flood Prevention 1. Flood Management in France from 18th to 20th Centuries: A State Issue? 2. The French Flood Risk Management Model: Local Territories Facing State Omnipresency 3. Management and Safety of Flood Defense Systems 4. Coping Strategies in Dike Protected Areas 5. Floods and Land Rights: From Risk Prevention Plans to Administrative Accountability and Penal Liability 6. How Cost-Effective is Reducing the Vulnerability of Housing in Response to Flood Risk? Part 2. Territories and Individuals at the Heart of Prevention 7. Does the Watershed Represent a Key Area within Flood Risk Knowledge and Management? 8. Sustainable Land Use Planning in Areas Exposed to Flooding: Some International Experiences 9. Societal Choices in Flood Risk Management, from Individual Responsibility to National Policy 10. Sustainable Flood Memories?: Developing Concept, Process and Practice in Flood Risk Management 11. Integrating Anthropocentric Approaches into Flood Risk ManagementPart 3. Anticipating and Managing Flood Events 12. Characteristics of Flood Events 13. Effectiveness of Institutional Alert Tools in Flood Forecasting in France 14. From Public Involvement to Citizen-based Initiatives: How Can Inhabitants Get Organized to Face Floods? 15. Crowdsourcing and Crisis-Mapping in the Event of Floods: Tools and Challenges 16. Flood Crisis Management: The Operational Perspective 17. Local Crisis Management - The Communal Safety Plan: Challenges and Obstacles to Operationality 18. Anticipating or Coping: Behaviors in the Face of Flash FloodsPart 4. Post-disaster Recovery and Adaptation 19. Disaster Memories and Population Resilience 20. Economic Resilience, Total Loss Control and Risk Transfer 21. Economic Assessment of Flood 22. Flood Debris Management 23. Post-Flood Recovery: An Opportunity for Disaster Risk Reduction? 24. Towards an Urban Design Adapted to Flood Risk?