Does Media Discourse Favour the Emergence of Avalanche Risk in Medium-High Mountain Regions? Between Ignorance and Underestimation, the Example of the Vosges Mountains

Florie Giacona, Brice Martin, Nicolas Eckert
2017 Revue de Géographie Alpine  
Generally speaking, "public policies" shape the problem (November, 2012) and define the "construction" (Gilbert, 2003) of avalanche risk and the territorial anchorage of its management. However, this does not mean that other stakeholders cannot define it (Thareau, 2014), take charge of it and make it a public issue. This article is based on the premise that risk emerges through its recognition and structuration as a collective
doi:10.4000/rga.3852 fatcat:wl23ywppynfrji2ofm677gcjey