Preliminary Survey on Heatwave Perception and Private and Public Heatwave Management Strategies - A case study in Bordeaux, France -

Abstract

This paper presents a preliminary study regarding extreme heat event management, in private homes and at the public policy level, as well as heat perception, focusing on the case of Bordeaux Metropole, an intercommunal structure centered around the city of Bordeaux, France. This preliminary study, notably through an ethnographic approach and long interviews, explores 1) public policies related to heat and heatwave events management, 2) individual perception of the heat and heatwave events, 3) individual measures taken to respond to the heat and heatwave events.