Clément Gaillard, urban planner specializing in bioclimatic design, explains to us how to adapt and build cities in the context of the multiplication of large-scale climatic events around the Mediterranean.
Interview conducted by Alexandra Sirgant – Vatican City
At the end of October 2024, torrential rains fell on the Valencia region in Spain, leaving more than 277 dead and dozens missing. This is one of the worst natural disasters to hit the Mediterranean region.
If numerous failures have been highlighted in the management of the disaster, in particular in alerting the population and in activating emergency services, this climatic phenomenon also questions the capacity of Mediterranean cities to cope with these bad weather. In fact, most of the hydraulic structures were built to respond to the rains of fifty years ago.
How can we adapt cities to these increasingly numerous climatic disasters? What could have been done beforehand in Valencia to limit the damage? Interview with Clément Gaillard, urban planner specializing in bioclimatic design. He is also founder of the Freio research and consulting firm, specializing in the development of strategies for adaptation to climate change.
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