Glossary
Memory breakdown and increasing vulnerability to disasters

Archive; archive

Historical documents produced by any individual or legal entity, public or private, in the course of their activities. Historians mainly use written archives for the period prior to 1850.

extreme event; extreme event

It refers to a measurement (wind, temperature) that greatly exceeds normal values and very often corresponds to disasters such as cyclones, heat waves or droughts.

Girondisation; girondisation

Minority political thought in France, originating from the Girondin party during the French Revolution, designating a more decentralized approach to national policy that respects local communities.

Globalisation

The term appeared in the business world in the 1980s to characterize the process of internationalization...