9. Territorial risks —Natural risks

Local councillors have a duty to take a systemic approach to the risks that affect the area for which they are responsible.

These risks can be natural, technological (industrial activities), caused by malicious acts, urban traffic, neighbors...

Domino effects can have serious consequences for people and property (New Orleans lost half its population after Hurricane Katrina in 2005). Our societies are increasingly interconnected, and therefore increasingly fragile. On the night of November 4, 2006, a power blackout plunged ten million Europeans into darkness, allegedly due to a lack of coordination between electricity producers and distributors. The system is notoriously lacking in robustness.

There are many so-called NATECH natural hazards, which vary greatly from country to country and season to season: floods,...