By Julia Jordan, Deputy Director for Water and Marine Risks; Laura Dréan, Coastal Change Analyst; and François Hédou, Project Director for Coastal Knowledge and Management, Cerema. The French coastline is a constantly evolving environment, with 20% of its natural shores currently retreating. As sea-level rise accelerates, planning strategies must adapt to ensure that today’s attraction to coastal areas is transformed into sustainable development projects rather than becoming

By Vincent Fouchier, Director of Foresight, Partnerships and Territorial Innovation, General Directorate of Services, Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis A Recurring Response to Coastal Development Pressure French coastal areas are increasingly concentrating demographic, economic, and tourism-related growth. This attractiveness fuels rising pressure on land and urban development, raising important planning questions: should this growth be managed through proactive urbanization