La dimension multiscalaire des risques littoraux : l’exemple des naufrages dans le golfe du Lion, XVIIIe-XIXe s

Abstract

Shipwrecks are complex risks with multiple repercussions. This article proposes to understand this risk through a study of shipwrecks that occurred in the Gulf of Lion between 1700 and 1920. Spanning more than two centuries, the chronological scale allows for an approach that considers the multiscale dimension of this risk. Three scales of observation are therefore articulated around the object of study. The first scale will be that of shipwreck as an event, with the accident experienced by the crew of the Saint-Michel on 15 January 1787 near Canet-en-Roussillon. The next step will be the stormy event that affected the western part of the Gulf of Lion for several days in January 1787. Then, through a third change of spatial and chronological scale, we will look at climatic variations and their possible influence on navigation in the Gulf in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Keywords

• Coastal risk
• Occitania
• Mediterranean
• Storm
• Sea accidents