HYMEX: A 10-year multidisciplinary program on the mediterranean water cycle

HyMeX strives to improve our understanding of the Mediterranean water cycle, its variability from the weather-scale events to the seasonal and interannual scales, and its characteristics over one decade (2010–20), with a special focus on hydrometeorological extremes and the associated social and economic vulnerability of the Mediterranean territories

Risk to Life: Gard River Case study

The Gard River case study focuses on human behaviour and casualties during the September 8-9, 2002 flash floods in order to provide estimates of the potential loss of life for this type of flood and elements for a calibration of the proposed model. The study contributes to Actions 1 and 2 of Activity 1 in Task 10 in helping to identify the factors leading to risk to life and in understanding the relation of risks to people and hazards. In terms of observed rainfall accumulation within hydrological watersheds, the return period of this 2002, event is over hundred years for the three major watersheds of the Gard administrative department. This rain event induced one of the most important floods ever reported of the three corresponding rivers (Gard, Cèze, Vidourle) and also produced remarkable flash floods in many upstream tributaries (Delrieu et al., 2005).Floodsit

The street, an area exposed to earthquakes (the Lorca case, Spain 2011)

Abstract. The Lorca earthquake (Spain, 11-05-2011) caused considerable damages, including a building collapse. This earthquake killed 9 persons affected outside the buildings, on the street, and more than 300 people injured. Studying this specific human exposure requires an adapted methodolgy. This article proposes a dynamic and spatio-temporal approach of individual mobility during the seismic crisis. Its application on Lorca case shows spatial and temporal variability of individual exposure level in the street during the hours following the shake. Not really studied until now, this specific human exposure deserves more attention particularly in zones of moderate seismicity, like Euromediterranean area. </jats:p

A space and time framework for analyzing human anticipation of flash floods

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Interfaces entre dynamisme des versants et peri-urbanisation dans un bassin versant torrentiel : caractérisation, évolution et perception des risques naturels dans le bassin du Lavanchon (agglomération de Grenoble)

Rapport au Conseil Général de l'Isère, programme Pôle risque grenobloi