Protection or threat? The political construction of dyke raising in France, the Netherlands and the United States ; Remparts ou menaces ? Trajectoires politiques de l'endiguement en France, aux Pays Bas et aux Etats Unis

[Departement_IRSTEA]Eaux [TR1_IRSTEA]GEUSI [TR2_IRSTEA]DTAM ; International audience ; In the 1990s, public policies of flood risk prevention in France have changed in nature. Construction of protective infrastructure that prevailed since the nineteenth century was challenged. The flood was then on characterized as inevitable phenomenon in town that was beneficial in rural areas. Criticisms raised against the natural disasters guarantee system adopted in the 1980s. This paper replaces this evolution in a broader context by comparing the French model to the United States and the Netherlands, wh... Mehr ...