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Cannes Model in Flood Risk Prevention by Miriam Berger

Since the heavy rain storms of 2015 and 2019, and working people to understand the risk of mobile, modular and easy to deploy device directs
Cannes and its agglomeration have been flooding, water levels and flow speeds resulting the runoff water towards the water pumps, thus
developing flood risk management projects. Over from urban stormwater runoff in the case of rain protecting people and property. In Mandelieu-
the 2021 to 2026 period the Cannes Lérins flood similar to that of October 3, 2015. At the same la-Napoule, where eight people drowned in the
prevention action program spent a total amount time, communication tools and the installation basements of residences while trying to retrieve
of more than 56 million euros and came up with of 292 loudspeakers in the area make it possible their cars in October 2015, flood barriers have

47 projects. Works to recalibrate waterways, the to alert local residents. Since the start of the been installed and are 90% financed to the tune
regular cleaning of gullies, roadside ditches and 2021-2022 school year, the Cannes Civil Security of 8 million euros. In the event of flooding these
gutters, the construction of retention basins, Department has been running risk awareness cofferdams, placed at the entrance to underground
the spreading out, removing and protecting of workshops on major risks for CM1 schoolchildren. parking lots, rise mechanically by the force of the
natural spaces, are intended to significantly The Cannes City Council has tested an innovative water alone, without electricity, to prevent the
reduce the risk of flooding for a century. The anti-flood barrier system that can be installed in water level from rising dangerously and trapping
Agglomeration has also drawn up maps in the 10 minutes on 300 meters of linear road in the people in basements.
form of a vulnerability diagnosis for residents event of heavy rain. In the case of flooding this

Journée nationale de la résilience National Day of Resilience
face aux risques naturels par Miriam Berger to Natural Hazards by Miriam Berger

Le 13 octobre 2022 a eu lieu la première édition de la Journée nationale de On October 13, 2022, the first edition of the National Day of
la résilience face aux risques naturels et technologiques. Cette journée s’est Resilience to Natural and Technological Risks took place. It was
déroulée dans le cadre du plan d’action «Tous résilients face aux risques» held within the framework of the plan of action “All resilient in the
mis en place en 2021 par le ministère français de la Transition écologique. face of risks” set up in 2021 by the French Ministry of Ecological
Elle s’est déroulée en parallèle de la Journée internationale pour la réduction Transition. It took place in parallel with the International Day for
des risques de catastrophe, désignée en 2009 par l’Assemblée générale des Disaster Risk Reduction, designated in 2009 by the United Nations
Nations Unies. La thématique choisie par l’UNESCO cette année vise à la General Assembly. The theme chosen by UNESCO this year aims

« réduction considérable des dommages causés par les catastrophes aux to “significantly reduce disaster damage to critical infrastructure
infrastructures critiques et aux services de perturbation en développant la and disruption services by building resilience by 2030”. In France,
résilience d’ici 2030 ». En France, la journée a été l’occasion d’informer et the day was an opportunity to inform and sensitise citizens to
d’acculturer les citoyens aux risques qui les environnent, lors d’actions de the risks that surround them, during awareness-raising exercises
sensibilisation menées entre autres par des experts et spécialistes chargés carried out by experts and specialists responsible for prevention.
de la prévention. Le gouvernement souhaite ainsi développer la culture sur The government wishes to develop a greater knowledge of natural
les risques naturels et technologiques pour se préparer à la survenance d’une and technological risks in order to be prepared for the occurrence
catastrophe et ainsi développer la résilience collective aux catastrophes. La of a disaster, and so develop a collective resilience to disasters.
mobilisation a été également accompagnée par des projets portés par de The mobilisation was backed by projects led by many private and
nombreux acteurs privés et publics. public actors.

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