Risks and the Anthropocene (eBook)

Julien Rebotier is a geographer at CNRS, France, and a specialist on Latin America. His research interests focus on socio-spatial relationships, taking into account environmental aspects, and on interdisciplinarity.

Part 1. Toward Unprecedented Risks?.
1. Coastal Risks: Coastlines Always Under Pressure, Catherine Meur-Ferec.
2. Forest Fires in the Anthropocene: Issues of Scale, Christine Bouisset.
3. Urban Climate: Agenda and Perspectives of a Climate Risk, Julia Hidalgo.

Part 2. Recompositions for the Study and Management of Risks?
4. Permanence and Specificities of Risks and Their Management in the Anthropocene Era, Patrick Pigeon.
5. The International World of Disasters: Beyond Reflexivity, Surpassing Naturalism?, Sandrine Revet.
6. The Difficult Birth of the Risk Society and the Relegation of Social Sciences, Pascale Metzger and Julien Rebotier.

Part 3. What Consequences for a Changing Modernity?.
7. Understanding the Political Fabric and Effects of Ensemble Flood Forecasts in Europe, Sébastien Nobert, Kristian Krieger and Florian Pappenberger.
8. Toward a New Security Deal? Reflexive Modernity, a Complex Turn and Shift to Uncertainty, Magali Reghezza-Zitt.
9. The Imperative of Practical Wisdom in the Face of Anthropocene Emergencies: The Case of Climate Change, Florent Champy.