 | Absorption par le sol | Soil absorption | |
 | Accroissement de l'urbanisation | Increasing urbanization | |
 | Acculturation | Acculturation | |
 | Acteur | Actor | |
 | Acteurs de la crise | Parties involved in the crisis | |
 | Action publique | Public action; public prosecution [juridique] | |
 | Activité économique | Economic activity | |
 | Activité humaine | Human activity | |
 | Activité sous-traitée | Sub-contracted activity | |
 | Activités libérales | Professionals; private practices | |
 | Activités stratégiques | Strategic activities | |
 | Adaptation au changement climatique | Adapting to climate change | |
 | Affluent | Tributary | |
 | Affouillement | Erosion; scouring | |
 | Agence de l'eau Loire-Bretagne | Loire-Bretagne Water Board | |
 | Agglomération | City; town; urban area | |
 | Agriculture | Agriculture | |
 | Aire de stationnement | Parking area | |
 | Aléa | Hazard | |
 | Alerte | Alert; alarm; warning | |
 | Alimentation en eau potable | Drinking water supply | |
 | Aliments du bétail | Animal feed | |
 | Alluvial | Alluvial; sediment | |
 | Alluvions fluviatiles | Alluvial deposits | |
 | Aménagement des cours d'eau | River development; river management | |
 | Aménagement du territoire | Land-use planning; regional planning; spatial planning; | |
 | Aménagement intégré | Integrated development | |
 | Amendement | Amendment | |
 | Amont | Upstream | |
 | Amortissement du matériel | Depreciation of equipment | |
 | Analyse coûts-avantages-bénéfices | Cost-benefit analysis | |
 | Analyse des risques | Risk analysis | |
 | Ancrage des cuves | Securing tank | |
 | Annonce de crues | Flood warning; forecast | |
 | Annuaire | Directory | |
 | Anticiper la crise | To anticipate the crisis | |
 | Anti-rouille | Anti-rust; rust-proof | |
 | Approche intégrée | Integrated approach; holistic approach | |
 | Approche multi-risques | Multi-risk approach | |
 | Approche tous risques | All-hazards approach | |
 | Aquifère | Aquifer | |
 | Arboriculture | Arboriculture; tree cultivation | |
 | Architecte | Architect | |
 | Archives | Archives; records | |
 | Armoire éléctrique | Electrical cabinet | |
 | Arrêt d'activité | Business interruption | |
 | Arrêt de la climatisation, du chauffage et de la ventilation | Shut down of air conditioning, heating and ventilation units | |
 | Arrêt du serveur | Server shut-down | |
 | Arrêté CATNAT | CATNAT instruction | |
 | Arrimage | Securing | |
 | Arrimage des cuves et des citernes | Securing tanks and cisterns | |
 | Arrimer | Stow [bateau]; lash down; secure [gén] | |
 | Artisanat | Craft industry | |
 | Assainissement | Purification; decontamination; sewage | |
 | Assolement | Crop rotation | |
 | Assurance | Insurance | |
 | Assurance atteinte à l'environnement | Environmental damage insurance | |
 | Assurance catastrophe naturelle | Natural disaster insurance | |
 | Assurance dégâts des eaux | Flood damage insurance | |
 | Assurance dommages aux biens | Property damage insurance | |
 | Assurance dommages aux tiers | Third party liability | |
 | Assurance perte d'exploitation | Business interruption insurance | |
 | Assureur | Insurance agent; insurance company | |
 | Atlas des Zones Inondables | Flood-prone area maps; atlas of Flood Maps | |
 | Atteinte à la sécurité des personnes | Undermining; threatening the peoples’ safety | |
 | Atteinte des objectifs | Achieving objectives; meeting objectives | |
 | Atteinte physique | Physical harm | |
 | Atterissement | Alluvial deposit | |
 | Attractivité des territoires | Local; regional attractiveness | |
 | Autodiagnostic | Self-diagnostic | |
 | Autorité chargée d'alerter et d'informer | Authority in charge of warning and informing; providing information | |
 | Autorité de bassin | Basin authority | |
 | Autorités sanitaires | Health authorities | |
 | Aval | Downstream | |