Échelles spatiales et approches méthodologiques pour l’analyse de la vulnérabilité

• Main Authors: Maxime Delaître, Maryline Di Nardo, Michaël Gonzva, Bruno Barroca, Youssef Diab
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille 2017-01-01
• Series: Espace populations sociétés
• Subjects: urban metabolism; functional analysis; spatial scale; urban transport system; neighbourhood level; urban area level
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/eps/7044

Despite a plentiful scientific literature to define the theoretical aspects of the vulnerability, this concept still has difficulty in formalizing a single global definition. The objective of this paper is to offer an original analysis of the urban vulnerability according to various spatial scales and methodologies for studying the functioning and the organization of the urban components. Firstly, the vulnerability is studied at a micro-scale particularly adapted to urban technical systems. Secondly, the vulnerability is analyzed at a meso-scale defined at the neighbourhood level and, thirdly, at a macro-scale characterized by governance and organizational stakes. By an analysis of the vulnerability through several examples, the complexity of the concept principally through interactions between the spatial scales is taken into account. This analysis provides a systemic approach to the concept of vulnerability.