The importance of studying crises and risks in urban areas is, unfortunately, well established, as the recent flooding of the Seine has reminded us, just over eighteen months after the June 2016 floods and only a few months after Hurricane Irma devastated the French West Indies.
All crises—whether related to natural, climatic, chemical, or pathogenic hazards, economic or societal, whether planned or unplanned, of exceptional magnitude or low-key, slow or fast-moving—generate significant scientific, technical, organizational, and political uncertainties. They raise crucial questions not only in terms of preparedness and emergency response, but also in terms of monitoring (sensors or warning centers), modeling tools, anticipating cascading effects, and dealing with the post-crisis phase.
Through a dialogue between researchers and crisis professionals, this day aims to present some of the work of the Euridice research collective and to initiate a reflection beyond its scope, particularly on the role of uncertainty and tools in crisis anticipation and management.
The day's program:
Conference program (front)
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