KELNER , Maëlle

Small submarine landslides, when triggered near the coast represent a major coastal hazard due to erosion of the coastline and marine submersion. In October 1979, a submarine landslide generated a part of the airport platform of Nice (France) to collapse at sea and provoked a tsunami. Because the continental slope off this region is abrupt,...

A smart city must be equipped with efficient and interconnected transportation. Unfortunately, economic or operational reasons for creating an infrastructure sometimes compete with imperatives of natural hazards. The case of Nice Cote d'Azur airport is an interesting example. As air traffic increased, the airport has been progressively...