@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2019.0319, TITLE={Coaticook: Scientific analysis of vulnerability integrating implication of local stakeholders and citizens for a more resilient city and community}, AUTHOR={Isabelle Thomas, Alexandre Gagnon, }, JOURNAL={Urban Risks}, VOLUME={3}, NUMBER={Issue 1}, YEAR={2019}, URL={http://www.openscience.fr/Coaticook-Scientific-analysis-of-vulnerability-integrating-implication-of-local}, DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2019.0319}, ISSN={2516-1857}, ABSTRACT={Pratt stream flooded downtown Coaticook several times and caused serious damage, particularly in 2014 and 2015. To improve understanding of risk and move towards better management, adaptation and resilience, the vulnerability of the population and the territory is mapped and analyzed by the Groupe d’étude sur la capacité d’adaptation et la résilience (GECAR), affiliated with the University of Montreal, using an analysis method developed in collaboration with the Quebec ministry of public Security (MPS). A damage analysis is also performed. In addition, the analysis method integrates the involvement of local stakeholders and citizens in order to gather local knowledge and move towards achievable, accepted and context-specific strategies and actions to build resilience in Coaticook. The iterative approach conceives resilience as a dynamic, adaptive and flexible process and is part of a commitment to risk awareness and a real paradigm shift: adapt by going beyond the return to normality.}}