Origin of the concept (1980s)
Urban riks. Concepts and definitions
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Origin of the concept (1980s)
Urban riks. Concepts and definitions

Author : Jean-Pierre GALLAND

Publication date: June 10, 2022 | Lire en français

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1. Origin of the concept (1980s)

Although we all know that cities have always been places of both opportunity and risk, the emergence of the specific notion of "urban risks" in France is undoubtedly due to the congruence of three phenomena, each of which marked the 1980s: the emergence of the "risk society" theme in advanced countries, the decentralization of political power in France, and the resurgence of the question of urban engineering.

1.1 Risk society

The emergence of the theme of the "risk society", to use the title of Ulrich Beck's famous book ...

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