Protection or Threat? The Political Construction of Dyke Raising in France, the Netherlands and the United-States

摘要: In the 1990s, public policies of flood risk prevention in France have changed nature. Construction protective infrastructure that prevailed since nineteenth century was challenged. The then on characterized as inevitable phenomenon town beneficial rural areas. Criticisms raised against natural disasters guarantee system adopted 1980s. This paper replaces this evolution a broader context by comparing French model to United States and Netherlands, where corps engineers played an important role. We show how these national built territories both privileged very dependent state. trace influence environmental movements production new models at international level. can thus be understood endogenous dynamic result policy diffusion.