2011
DOI: 10.4000/vertigo.11074
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La mortalité comme expression de la vulnérabilité humaine face aux catastrophes naturelles : deux inondations récentes en France (Xynthia, var, 2010)

Abstract: À partir de deux cas d’inondations récentes qui ont fait respectivement 41 et 26 morts en France en 2010, cet article examine le profil des victimes et les circonstances de décès des personnes. Le premier événement est une submersion marine qui eut lieu de nuit le 28 février 2010 sur la côte atlantique dans les départements de Vendée et de Charente-Maritime. Le second est une crue torrentielle méditerranéenne survenue le 15 juin en fin de journée entre 18 h et 20 h dans le bassin versant de la Nartuby (départe… Show more

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“…In addition to these surveys, we carried out postevent analyses after remarkable events, in particular in the Mediterranean area [3,5,6] (Table 1). Except for the events of 1999, for which the postevent analysis was carried out several years later, the post-event analyses involved going to the sites the day after and recording traces of the event.…”
Section: Evaluation Of the Effectiveness Of Preventive Managementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition to these surveys, we carried out postevent analyses after remarkable events, in particular in the Mediterranean area [3,5,6] (Table 1). Except for the events of 1999, for which the postevent analysis was carried out several years later, the post-event analyses involved going to the sites the day after and recording traces of the event.…”
Section: Evaluation Of the Effectiveness Of Preventive Managementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Water depth was identified as a factor of vulnerability for people after Storm Xynthia (Vinet et al, 2011b) and more generally in the case of flooding (Jonkman & Penning-Roswell, 2008). All deaths by drowning linked to Storm Xynthia occurred in houses that received more than 1 meter of water.…”
Section: Potential Water Depth Per Constructionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…On Noirmoutier Island, this concerns 40% of residential buildings. -Between 0 and 1 meter: this is a critical level for young or disabled people (Vinet et al, 2011b). On Noirmoutier Island, this concerns 38% of the residential buildings located in a potentially flooded area.…”
Section: Potential Water Depth Per Constructionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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