France

Les avalanches sont, en France, les catastrophes naturelles les moins meurtrières et les accidents majeurs sont aujourd’hui exceptionnels. En revanche le nombre annuel de victimes individuelles est  élevé (en moyenne une trentaine), en raison des

Snow avalanches represent the major natural hazard in Europe's mountain areas during the winter. Harsh, changing conditions regarding mainly snowfall and snowpack in these areas, coupled with the increase in winter sport activities, tourism and therefore

Environment Working Papers no. 1. - ENV/WKP(2007)1
 
This report is part of an OECD project on cities and climate change. A priority of this project is to explore the city-scale risks of climate change and the benefits of both (local) adaptation policies

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

This publication provides 35 good practices and lessons learned as concrete examples of how to make children safer in their classrooms and educate them about disasters.

Ce rapport final porte sur l’évaluation et la prévention du risque de tsunami dans les côtes françaises, en métropole et en Outre-mer.

This special volume deals exclusively with disasters, a subject of particular relevance in view of the threat to cultural heritage by global climate change.

Afin de promouvoir la prévention des risques technologiques et naturels et la réparation des dommages, cette loi est divisée en deux sections distinctes: risques technologiques et risques naturels.