Ce travail de thèse est destiné à l'élaboration d'une méthodologie d'analyse des risques issus des pollutions accidentelles par hydrocarbures. Cette méthodologie s'appuie sur l'intégration d'outils de modélisation des phénomènes complexes de pollution des eaux souterraines par les LNAPL (Light Non Aqueous Phase Liquids). En zone non saturée, il s'agit de représenter un écoulement polyphasique puisque les phases air, eau et huile coexistent. La modélisation de la propagation d'une pollution polyphasique se heurte aux limites dues aux nombreuses incertitudes introduites par les phénomènes de non-linéarité. Néanmoins, les échelles spatiales et temporelles sont plus petites qu'en zone saturée. De ce fait, l'erreur introduite pour l'estimation des risques est moins importante. En zone saturée, la propagation de la pollution se fait sous forme dissoute. Nous effectuons la simulation par approche hydrodispersive. Dans cette zone, la direction de propagation est essentiellement horizontale. Il est donc nécessaire de disposer d'un outil d'analyse spatiale pour estimer les risques de propagation. Pour obtenir une erreur homogène sur tout le trajet de propagation d'une pollution ponctuelle, il faut prendre en compte l'influence de l'échelle à laquelle les coefficients de dispersivité sont déterminés. A l'aide d'un système d'information géographique, les paramètres d'un site d'application test sont introduits dans les modèles hydrodynamiques. L'interprétation des résultats s'effectue par analyse spatiale pour représenter l'évolution spatio-temporelle de la propagation de la pollution.

This book presents recent lessons learned in the context of research and development for various dryland ecosystems, focusing on water resources management, land and vegetation cover degradation and remediation, and socioeconomic aspects, as well as integrated approaches to ensuring water and land security in view of the current and predicted climate change. As water and land are the essential bases of food production, the management of these natural resources is becoming a cornerstone for the development of dryland populations. The book gathers the peer-reviewed, revised versions of the most outstanding papers on these topics presented at the ILDAC2015 Conference in Djerba, Tunisia.

In this title, the author examines how penal policies emanating from the United States have spread thoughout the world. The author argues that the policies have their roots in a network of Reagan-era conservative think tanks, which used them as weapons in their crusade to dismantle the welfare state and, in effect, criminalise poverty.

We live in turbulent times with continents and nations facing ever-heightening risks such as natural disasters, intense and protracted conflicts, terrorism, corporate crises, cyber threats to infrastructures and mega-events. We are witnessing the rise of mega-crises and a new class of adversity with many unknowns. The prospect of mega-crises presents professionals and students in the field of crisis management with four major tasks. First, they should engage in “deep thinking” about the causes of the increasing occurrence of mega-crises. Second, they should identify and work through the dominant trends which complicate contemporary crisis management. Third, they should upgrade institutional crisis management capacity. Fourth, they should improve societal resilience since no institutional complex can mitigate or manage these mega-crisis on its own. This book is divided into four primary parts, each of which looks at one facet of mega-crises. Part I focuses on the concept of a mega-crisis and mega-crisis management; Part II examines crisis management of mega-natural disasters; Part III evaluates crisis management of man-made mega-crises; and Part IV identifies mega-threats and vulnerabilities. Additional major topics include Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Gustav; the London Bombings; the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks of July 7, 2005; corporate meltdowns; the subprime crisis; the Olympic Games; electricity grids; global climate change; the Dutch Delta; risks to food security; and mega-crises and the Internet. This comprehensive text will provide practitioners and academics with the results of an across-the-board research effort in the prospects, nature, characteristics, and the effects of mega-crises.

This text traces the intellectual journey of a man often acclaimed as one of the most important philosophers in France. A guide to Deleuze by Deleuze, it explains the life and work of this figure in contemporary philosophy, tying together the strands of his long and prolific career.

"A joint publication of the FAO Land and Water Development Division, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization with contributions from the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America, and the International Association of Hydrogeologists, Kenilworth, United Kingdom."

El Nino, caprice of the heavens, scapegoat for every calamity? The general public cannot really understand what is behind the El Nino phenomenon. The book offers a tour of the Earth's climate to understand one of its normal but extreme components.