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L’article met en relation la question de l’adaptation au changement climatique avec celles de la durabilité et de l’action planificatrice. Le champ de préoccupations que dénote la science de la durabilité sert à recadrer l’adaptation au sein d’une approche planificatrice renouvelée. Après avoir montré la portée à la fois scientifique et aménagiste d’une science de la durabilité telle que certains la dessinent actuellement, l’article se concentre sur l’enjeu crucial de la résilience, avant d’en déduire l’intérêt d’une adaptation transformatrice en aménagement.

Adaptation, sustainability science, and planning theoryThis article sets the issue of adaptation to climate change in relationship to that of sustainability and action in planning theory. The broad field of concern, which sustainability science designates, helps in providing a new framework to deal with adaptation in a novel planning approach. The article first gives an overview of what this scientific field is about, through a brief history of the emergence of sustainability science. This makes it possible to then cast a new light on the issue of adaptation to climate change; consequently, vulnerability and resilience come up as important foci for planning. Finally, the whole conception of planning is shown to be concerned: a transformative approach to adaptation is suggested, showing how difficulties in French territorial planning could be bypassed by looking at adaptation through the lenses of sustainability science.