Mehr Raum den Fließgewässern
More Space for the Rivers—the Path to a Sustainable Flood PreventionAuthor: Zaugg, Marc
Source: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Volume 12, Number 3, 1 August 2003 , pp. 201-207(7)
Publisher: oekom verlag
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Abstract:
Brought on, in part, by the massive floods of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, the institutional framework governing flood prevention in Switzerland has undergone considerable changes. These changes can be typified as a "change in philosophy"—a term meant to express the change from a primarily technologically-oriented "expert system" to one committed to the concept of sustainability. Sustainability, though, calls for the coordination of many expectations. Therefore, flood prevention projects are today often negotiated against the backdrop of conflicting interests and are usually associated with a substantial change to the existing rules that pertain to the use and protection of a stretch of running water and its spatial environment. Nowadays, different stakeholders from various social and state levels are participating in these conflicts about territoriality and scale. This article illustrates such a negotiation process using the example of a specific flood prevention project on the River Thur in Eastern Switzerland.Keywords: FLOOD PREVENTION; INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; NEGOTIATION PROCESSES
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