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Adaptation of Residential Buildings to Coastal Floods: Strategies, Costs and Efficiency

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  • Axel Creach

    (LGP - Laboratoire de géographie physique : Environnements Quaternaires et Actuels - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga

    (TRUST - Contrôle de santé fiabilité et calcul des structures - GeM - Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique - UN UFR ST - Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques - UN - Université de Nantes - ECN - École Centrale de Nantes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Sophie Pardo

    (LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique - IEMN-IAE Nantes - Institut d'Économie et de Management de Nantes - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes)

  • Denis Mercier

    (LGP - Laboratoire de géographie physique : Environnements Quaternaires et Actuels - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

As the first defence to the natural environment, residential buildings are responsible for protecting human lives and assets in society. Nevertheless, some residential buildings in coastal areas are located in places where the population is exposed to the risk of drowning. Rise in the sea level due to climate change could increase these risks. Therefore, this chapter presents and discusses a framework for estimating the cost-effectiveness of adaptation strategies for buildings subjected to coastal floods. The chapter first describes the Vulnérabilité Intrinsèque Extrême (VIE) or Extreme Inherent Vulnerability index, which is a useful tool to identify the buildings where people could be trapped and drowned during floods. Afterwards, four adaptation strategies are presented and discussed focusing on their costs and effects on the VIE index. Finally, two case studies illustrate how the framework could help the decision-makers to compare or combine the adaptation strategies in a cost-effective way.

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  • Axel Creach & Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga & Sophie Pardo & Denis Mercier, 2019. "Adaptation of Residential Buildings to Coastal Floods: Strategies, Costs and Efficiency," Post-Print hal-04467886, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04467886
    DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-816782-3.00008-5
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