Fractal simulation of urbanization for the analysis of vulnerability to natural hazards

International audience; Since 50 years, mountain areas are affected by important land cover/use changes characterized by the decrease of pastoral activities, reforestation and urbanization with the development of tourism activities and infrastructures. These natural and anthropogenic transformations have an impact on the socio-economic activities but also on the exposure of the communities to natural hazards.In the context of the ANR Project SAMCO which aims at enhancing the overall resilience of societies on theimpacts of mountain risks, the objective of this research was to help to determine where to locate new residential developments for different scenarios of land cover/use (based on t…