The Algerian coastline is confronted with anthropogenic and climatic pressures conducive to crises, making it difficult to maintain the ecological balance of coastal and marine areas. The responses to these external disturbances will depend on several factors ranging from the degree of vulnerability, the links between the different scales, to the system condition at the time of the shock (Walker and Salt, 2006). There is a threshold of changes that a system cannot exceed to be considered resilient. Therefore, coastal resilience can be lost when the limit of shock absorption is exceeded, resulting in an overcritical transition.

Several questions drive this project: What are the types of risks and forms of adaptation developed? How effective are they and how can resilience be integrated into a planning logic for the preservation and/or sustainable development of coastal zones?

On the one hand, this research project aims to highlight solutions resulting from social practices to support planning and sustainable development. Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) actions must build on experience developed by local stakeholders.

On the other hand, the stake is to hear from local stakeholders’ opinions and experiences. The scientific analysis and framing of social solutions is a central objective of this project. The participatory approach in the field of ICZM is a new experience for this research group. Addressing such an aspect will undoubtedly open up new research perspectives in environmental sciences, particularly regarding natural risk management.