Glossary
Urban riks. Concepts and definitions

Accident NaTech ; NaTech Accident

Technological accident caused by a natural event, the consequences of which are likely to affect third parties or the environment.

Urban engineering

The art of designing, building and managing technical urban networks, the term "network" having the dual meaning of network-support (material notion) and network-service (localized linking of the urban system).

Infrastructure critique; critical infrastructure

Term used by governments to designate an asset that is vital to the functioning of a company or the economy. In France, the term is used for activities of vital importance.

Resilience; resilience

A concept derived from physics and psychology that seeks to describe how individuals recover from trauma. In particular, the aim is to understand how societies and individuals cope with risks and disasters, and/or to increase...