Chapitre 9. Vulnérabilité systémique et dépendances structurelles

Abstract

This chapter analyzes territorial vulnerability as a result of political, administrative, and economic dependencies that hinder local institutional consolidation. It highlights the effect of centralized transfers: asymmetries in access to resources, uncertainty, fiscal passivity, and administrative arbitrariness, in the absence of transparent equalization. The study nevertheless underscores the existence of resilience practices (continuity of services, organizational innovations) often invisible in traditional models. A typology of municipalities at critical risk identifies differentiated profiles and endogenous adjustment strategies, paving the way for targeted and sustainable policies. Vulnerability is conceived as the product of a broken territorial contract, rather than as an inevitable fate.