Risks and challenges n°5: major risks and rural areas
This free supplement of TDC n° 851 (March 2003) presents articles on: the risks existing in rural areas, in particular with a case study on forest fires in the Mediterranean area; the transportation of dangerous materials; the explosion of a grain elevator in Blaye (France) in 1997; the usefulness of teledetection in the study of natural risks; the follow-up of disasters, illustrated by a poster. A teaching unit provides also some examples of activities or project to be carried according to the educational level.