Habitat vulnerability to coastal flooding risks. The example of L’Épine (Vendée, France)

2021/12/06 by Créach, Axel, Chevillot-Miot, Elie, Mercier, Denis
#L’Épine (Vendée) #Xynthia #hazard #housing exposure #marine submersion

paper · doi:10.35109/atlasbleu-eng.10003

Abstract

Based on the example of a municipality of the Noirmoutier island (Vendée), the article examines the vulnerability of housing to the risk of marine submersion of the Xynthia storm type, in a context of coastal urbanisation in low-lying areas. The cartographic synthesis allows to compare the potential water level and the architectural character of each construction, and to determine the degree of exposure of the buildings of the different neighbourhoods of the municipality.

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