Aménagements hydrauliques et enjeux de pouvoirs à Dunkerque et dans sa périphérie rurale (1852-1929)

Dunkirk is in the heart of the coastal Flanders, a part of the embanked North Sea area which is vulnerable to floods but also deeply farmed and equipped. At the end of the 19th Century, the city is becoming an expanding industrial and cargo port, but its spatial and demographic growths are limited by its fortifications. The Dunkirk urban development area therefore spreads in its suburban towns. This essay addresses the evolution of the drainage projects and their governance in these urban and suburban areas. The work emphasises the role of the wateringues (water boards) associations of landown... Mehr ...