Obstacles to the Implementation of Prevention Plans in France. When the Landscape Creates the Risk
Since 1995 the France state has been carrying out an ambitious policy of risk prevention through the implementation of floodrisk prevention plans (PPRI). In 2005, 5000 PPRIs were approved, 10000 are projected for the future. The quantitative objective is very significant and its aim is to extend to all the municipalities concerned by the risk. Qualitatively, what is the nature of the risk involved? More than 10 years after the first PPRIs were implemented, what has been achieved ? How does the change announced by these public policies stand in relation to floodrisk when compared with local forms of action and multiple risk cultures? How does the natural risk prevention occur and what is it linked to regional planning? PPRIs are essential public utility constraints on future local urban planning (PLU) and form the last link in the prevention policy chain ; their significance at this point lies in understanding how they are implemented on this level. Lastly, some work has studied the application of these tools institutionally and financially ; however, little has been devoted to the analysis of their implementation and its effects. The purpose of this work is to establish the performance capacity of these relatively silent tools, of which little is reported in the press.