5. Natural hazard prevention in France
5.1 French doctrine
It's worth recalling that France has gradually developed a doctrine of risk management, at the same time as a legislative and regulatory framework was being drawn up. Plans de Surfaces Submersibles (PSS) were created in 1935. The perimeters of risk defined by article R.111-3 of the town planning code in 1961 referred to the fact that "construction on land exposed to risks such as flooding, erosion, subsidence, landslides and avalanches may, if authorized, be subject to special conditions". In 1967, the Land Orientation Act instituted the Plan d'Occupation des Sols (POS), creating the notion of ND zones protected in particular against natural hazards.
However, it was in 1972 that the prevention of natural hazards, and especially of ground...
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Codes
The various codes whose articles come under the regulation of the prevention and repair of damage resulting from major foreseeable or unforeseeable risks:
– Code général des collectivités territoriales
– Code de l'expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique (French law on expropriation for public use)
– Environment Code
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Glossary and acronyms
Anthropic action: an act whose formation is essentially the result of human action.
Hazard: natural phenomenon of potentially dangerous occurrence and intensity.
Natural disaster: phenomenon or combination of phenomena whose effects are particularly damaging.
Risk basin: homogeneous geographical entity subject to the same natural phenomenon....
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