Rethinking the environmental issue: Analysis of the concept of urban risk through exposure to natural disasters - Softcover

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Nowadays, the relationship between nature and culture has obviously changed with the processes of anthropization, urbanization and industrialization of natural spaces. In these dynamics, our being in the world is rarely taken into consideration. However, as Xavier Bonnaud reminds us in a stimulating contribution, the physical space, in its concreteness, participates however in the elaboration of our relationship to the world. To this effect, space, he says, influences our seating in the physical world, it participates in our anchoring in the world. However, industrialization and urbanism have effectively participated in the degradation of the environment. Indeed, as the demand for large-scale mixed-use projects and the need to reduce lead times have increased, the tools, machines, processes and materials to realize them have evolved. This has occurred without control or consideration for ecosystems. While the only way to change the impact of construction is to change the processes or criteria, below are the most relevant points to reduce the impact on the environment.

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