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## Abstract France experiences catastrophic floods on a yearly basis, with significant societal impacts. In this paper, we employ a historical assessment of catastrophic past flood events in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) region and perform Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT)-analysis to evaluate some aspects of the French Flood Risk Governance (FRG) system and suggest improvements. Our evaluation shows that despite persistent government efforts, the impacts of flood events in the region do not appear to have lessened over time. Identical losses in the same locations (e.g. Riou de l’Argentière watershed) can be observed after repetitive catastrophic events (e.g. 2015, 2019) triggering local inhabitant protests. To avoid future disasters, we suggest that the French FRG should benefit from the following improvements: a) regular updates of the risk prevention plans and tools; b) the adoption of a Build Back Better logic instead of promoting the reconstruction of damaged elements in the same locations; c) taking into account undeclared damages into flood risk models (and not only those declared to flood insurance); d) increased communication between the actors of t

Author

Ioannis Kougkoulos; Myriam Merad; Simon J. Cook; Ioannis Andredakis

Publisher

Research Square Platform LLC

Published

2021

Language

EN