Les Antilles françaises : entre risque sismique et stratégies locales de prévention

This article underlines the characteristic of the local policies followed recently in Martinique and Guadeloupe as regards seismic risk management. These French Departments of Americas, strongly exposed to the seismic threat, imply themselves recently in a true preventive dynamics supported by the a...

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Main Authors: Joseph Mavoungo, Patricia Balandier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université des Antilles 2007-08-01
Series:Études Caribéennes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/289
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spelling doaj-art-9c03b2f7b3a84e5b8e1517d0ebe29bb82024-12-09T13:20:04ZengUniversité des AntillesÉtudes Caribéennes1779-09801961-859X2007-08-01710.4000/etudescaribeennes.289Les Antilles françaises : entre risque sismique et stratégies locales de préventionJoseph MavoungoPatricia BalandierThis article underlines the characteristic of the local policies followed recently in Martinique and Guadeloupe as regards seismic risk management. These French Departments of Americas, strongly exposed to the seismic threat, imply themselves recently in a true preventive dynamics supported by the action of the Communities. Local strategies of reduction of the human and technical vulnerability are tested for the benefit of the population. They come to reinforce or supplement the official efforts of French State aiming a greater implication of the citizen to his information and its safety against the earthquakes.https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/289vulnerabilityseismic risk managementlocal strategypreparedness
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Les Antilles françaises : entre risque sismique et stratégies locales de prévention
Études Caribéennes
vulnerability
seismic risk management
local strategy
preparedness
title Les Antilles françaises : entre risque sismique et stratégies locales de prévention
title_full Les Antilles françaises : entre risque sismique et stratégies locales de prévention
title_fullStr Les Antilles françaises : entre risque sismique et stratégies locales de prévention
title_full_unstemmed Les Antilles françaises : entre risque sismique et stratégies locales de prévention
title_short Les Antilles françaises : entre risque sismique et stratégies locales de prévention
title_sort les antilles francaises entre risque sismique et strategies locales de prevention
topic vulnerability
seismic risk management
local strategy
preparedness
url https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/289
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