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4. Natural hazards worldwide, risk management
4.1 Natural hazards
The notion of natural risk can be defined schematically by the equation :
Mathematically speaking, the risk associated with a particular hazard, in a given geographical area, can be defined as the mathematical expectation of damage due to the occurrence of the hazard in question over the reference period.
If the structure has been designed to withstand a particular intensity of a given hazard, the risk attached to the structure will be reduced by a certain amount. However,...
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The various codes whose articles come under the regulation of the prevention and repair of damage resulting from major foreseeable or unforeseeable risks:
– Code général des collectivités territoriales
– Code de l'expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique (French law on expropriation for public use)
– Environment Code
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Glossary and acronyms
Anthropic action: an act whose formation is essentially the result of human action.
Hazard: natural phenomenon of potentially dangerous occurrence and intensity.
Natural disaster: phenomenon or combination of phenomena whose effects are particularly damaging.
Risk basin: homogeneous geographical entity subject to the same natural phenomenon....
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