La Vallée de l’Arve à l’épreuve de la santé environnementale : entre imaginaire thérapeutique et éco-anxiété

Abstract

1990s have underlined the great vulnerability of the Alpine valleys to atmospheric pollution. This is the case of the Arve Valley which, over the past two decades, has become infamous in the media for its poor air quality. Now understood to be a significant public health issue, air pollution in this region has become a major source of fear and anxiety for part of the local population. Though this contrasts sharply with past therapeutic representations of the mountains as mentioned above, current fears around air quality in the Arve Valley find themselves echoed in broader societal debates around environmental health and eco-anxiety.