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Sea Levels: Are We In Deep Water? (part 2)
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As France reels from the floods caused by the storms, people ask why were 100,000 homes build on flood plains over the past decade. And why were sea defences from the time of Napoleon not improved? Disaster management experts give their analysis.

THE F24 DEBATE

Debate hosted by Mark Owen with guests:
 
Salvano BRICEÑO, Director of the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) (via satellite from Geneva)
Yacov HAIMES, Professor of Risk Management at the University of Virginia and Author of "Risk modeling, management, and assessment" (via satellite from Charlottesville, Virginia)
Nicolas GERMAIN, France 24 correspondent in La Faute sur-Mer, France
Cyril VANNIER, France 24 correspondent in Concepción, Chile
 
Programme prepared by Bilal Tarabey and Perrine Desplats
 


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