2022
DOI: 10.4000/vertigo.35495
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Évolution de l’urbanisme et exposition au risque cyclonique à Saint-Martin de 1954 à 2017

Abstract: Les ouragans sont relativement courants dans les Antilles et sur l’île de Saint-Martin en particulier. L’incapacité des sociétés à faire face à ce genre d’évènement et à s’en relever interroge. Dans cette étude, nous montrons que l’île de Saint-Martin a dû s’adapter entre 1954 et 2017 (avant l’ouragan Irma) à de nombreuses contraintes, dont certaines d’une ampleur bien plus importante que les ouragans. Ainsi en l’espace de presque 70 ans, la densité de population de la partie française de Saint-Martin est pass… Show more

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“…Vulnerability to marine inundation and natural hazard are only part of the vulnerability factor. Abrupt increase in population, specialization of economy on a reduced number of sectors, social inequality, illiteracy, and unemployment are some of the weaknesses of these territories, especially in Saint-Martin [10,14,42,45,52,70]. However, the interrelation between social, economic, environmental, and politic trajectories in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy are complex [10,3,14,49] and their accurate description is beyond the scope of this study.…”
Section: Systemic Vulnerability and Risksmentioning
confidence: 94%
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“…Vulnerability to marine inundation and natural hazard are only part of the vulnerability factor. Abrupt increase in population, specialization of economy on a reduced number of sectors, social inequality, illiteracy, and unemployment are some of the weaknesses of these territories, especially in Saint-Martin [10,14,42,45,52,70]. However, the interrelation between social, economic, environmental, and politic trajectories in Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy are complex [10,3,14,49] and their accurate description is beyond the scope of this study.…”
Section: Systemic Vulnerability and Risksmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…The social and historical differences, could have played a role in the political strategies and economic activities [13,14]. Historical processes are fundamental to understanding how conditions of risks emerge and persist over time [49,50,51,52].…”
Section: Case Studymentioning
confidence: 99%
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